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Young Men, Masculinities and Imprisonment: An Ethnographic Study Northern Ireland
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Young Men, Masculinities and Imprisonment: An Ethnographic Study Northern Ireland
Current price: $139.99
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Young Men, Masculinities and Imprisonment: An Ethnographic Study Northern Ireland
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In examining these themes, the book takes account of the unique social, economic, and political factors that impact young men in communities in Northern Ireland, paying particular attention to their feelings of powerlessness, marginalisation, and vulnerability, and the construction of identity in cultures defined by territorialism, violence, masculine stoicism, and an anti-authority code of ‘honour’. The book follows the formation of masculinitiesthrough the prison gate and considers how the penal environment contributes to the continual shaping young men’s identities. The book also adopts Gambetta’s concept of ‘signalling’ to examine how young men use different practices, such as language and embodiment, to communicate masculinity to their wider social audience. At the same time, it also considers the reluctance of young men to communicate about their sources of vulnerability.