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Beschreibung
Focusing on the social networks found on the streets of an American city - St. Louis, Missouri - this book provides one of the most detailed descriptions yet of the forms masculinity takes in disadvantages communities in the United States. It establishes how street based gender identity motivated and guided men through violent encounters, exploring how men's relationships with women and their families instigated violence.
Focusing on the social networks found on the streets of an American city - St. Louis, Missouri - this book provides one of the most detailed descriptions yet of the forms masculinity takes in disadvantages communities in the United States. It establishes how street based gender identity motivated and guided men through violent encounters, exploring how men's relationships with women and their families instigated violence.
Über den Autor

Christopher Mullins is Assistant Professor of Criminology in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University Of Northern Iowa. His research interests include gender and crime, violence, streetlife subcultures, and comparative criminal justice.

Jody Miller is a Professor in the School of Criminal Justice, Rutgers University. Her research examines how inequalities of gender, race, and class shape young women's participation in crime and risks for victimization. Her books include Getting Played: African American Girls, Urban Inequality, and Gendered Violence (NYU Press, 2008) and One of the Guys: Girls, Gangs, and Gender (Oxford University Press, 2001).

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Jody Miller 1. Doing crime, doing gender 2. Gender's omnipresence: methodology 3. Real men and punks: masculinities on the streets 4. Every motherfucker gonna try to punk you: masculinity challenges 5. One's man 'ho' is another man's sister: men's relationships with women and families 6. Is it being smart, or just a punk ass move? The contradictions of street masculinity 7. Masculinities, streetlife and violence

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
Fachbereich: Strafrecht
Genre: Importe, Recht
Produktart: Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781138878563
ISBN-10: 1138878561
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Mullins, Christopher W.
Hersteller: Willan
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 11 mm
Von/Mit: Christopher W. Mullins
Erscheinungsdatum: 22.05.2015
Gewicht: 0,313 kg
Artikel-ID: 129118227

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