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Dangerous Masculinity: Fatherhood, Race, and Security Inside America's Prisons: Critical Issues in Crime and Society

Autor Anna Curtis
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 5 sep 2019 – vârsta ani
For incarcerated fathers, prison rather than work mediates access to their families. Prison rules and staff regulate phone privileges, access to writing materials, and visits. Perhaps even more important are the ways in which the penal system shapes men’s gender performances. Incarcerated men must negotiate how they will enact violence and aggression, both in terms of the expectations placed upon inmates by the prison system and in terms of their own responses to these expectations. Additionally, the relationships between incarcerated men and the mothers of their children change, particularly since women now serve as “gatekeepers” who control when and how they contact their children. This book considers how those within the prison system negotiate their expectations about “real” men and “good” fathers, how prisoners negotiate their relationships with those outside of prison, and in what ways this negotiation reflects their understanding of masculinity.
 
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780813598345
ISBN-10: 0813598346
Pagini: 180
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:None
Editura: Rutgers University Press
Colecția Rutgers University Press
Seria Critical Issues in Crime and Society


Notă biografică

ANNA CURTIS is an assistant professor of sociology at The State University of New York at Cortland.
 

Cuprins

Introduction: Masculinity, Fatherhood, and Race inside America's Prisons

1          Neoliberal Responsibility and "Being There" as a Father
2          Little Me versus My Princess: Fathers’ Expectations about Gender
3          Unruly Boys and Dangerous Men: Security and Masculinity in Prison
4          Game Faces and Going up the Way: Enacting Masculinity in Prison

Conclusion: The Conditions of Possibility
Appendix: Methods and Research Setting
Acknowledgments
Notes
Works Cited
Index
 

Recenzii

"This compelling ethnography reveals the excruciating cost of mass incarceration on fathers and their families. Not only do institutional policies undermine relationships between imprisoned fathers and their kids, but gendered expectations of prison masculinity often derail men's efforts to be fathers in a meaningful sense. Curtis's book is an urgent reminder that dismantling mass incarceration is not enough--we must also heal the damage that has been done to children, families, and communities."

"Anna Curtis evocatively demonstrates how cultural tropes concerning blackness, criminality, and violence have cohered into the organizing concept of 'dangerous masculinity' within prisons. With a discerning eye, Curtis takes us into the prison to show us the sad and misunderstood consequences this has for fathers and their children."
 

"Recommended."

Descriere

For incarcerated fathers, prison rather than work mediates access to their families. Incarcerated men negotiate expectations of gender performance and their relationships with the mothers of their children during incarceration.These negotiations around masculinity and fatherhood inside prison provide insight into gender inequity, racism, and ideological underpinnings of security practices.