Prison masculinities /edited by Don Sabo, Terry A. Kupers, and Willie London
Explores the ways prisons mirror aspects of society-wide gender relations. This book focuses on the historical roots of the prison system, cultural practices surrounding gender and punishment, and the expansion of corrections into the 'prison-industrial complex'. It includes fiction and poetry on prison health policy, violence, and intimacy.
Print Book, English, 2001
Temple University Press, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
x, 279 pages ; 26 cm
9781566398152, 9781566398169, 1566398150, 1566398169
43811171
Contents Acknowledgments Part I: Introduction Gender and the Politics of Pubishment Don Sabo, Terry A. Kupers, and Willie London Part II: Historical Roots and Contemporary Trends Penitence for the Priviledged: Manhood, Race, and Penitentiaries in Early America Mark E. Kann Race, Gender, and Prison History: From the Convict Lease System to the Supermax Prison Angela Y. Davis Crime, Politics, and Community Since the 1990s Marc Mauer The Elements of Crime Anthony Thomas A World Without Softness Willie London Slave Ship Steve Fraley Part III: The Social Construction of Prison Masculinities Doing Time, Doing Masculinity: Sports and Prison Don Sabo Masculinities, Crime, and Prison James W. Messerschmidt Grappling With Issues of Privilege: A Male Prison Worker's Perspective David Denborough The Culture of Transgression: Initiations Into the Homosociality of a Midwestern State Prison Carl Bryan Homberg Male Prisoners: Privacy, Suffering, and the Legal Construction of Masculinity Nancy Levit Boyz II Men Horace Bell Devil's Den Horace Bell My Mother Death Willie London Prison Friendships Derrick Corley Part IV: Sexualities, Sexual Violence, and Intimacy in Prison Rape and the Prison Code Terry A. Kupers A Million Jockers, Punks, and Queens Stephan "Donny" Donaldson The Story of a Black Punk Anonymous The Wall of Silence: Prison Rape and Feminist Politics Susanne V. Paczensky A Moment O'Neil Stough Caged and Celibate Mumia Abu-Jamal The Phone Michael Keck Be Not So Quick to Judge Alice Reflections Carlos Hornsby Skin Blind Dan Pens Once More I Dream Stephan Wayne Anderson Part V: Men's Health in Prison Preventative Health Strategies for Men in Prison Will H. Courtenay and Don Sabo Sentence -- Death By Lethal Infection: IV-Drug Use and Infectious Disease Transmission in North American Prisons Carol Polych and Don Sabo Deliberate Indifference O'Neil Stough Mental Health in Men's Prisons Terry A. Kupers Night Crier Rudy Chato Paul Sr. Part VII: Prison Reform, Reforming Prison Masculinities Scars Jarvis Masters Boys are Not Men: Notes on Working With Adolescent Males in Juvenile Detention Jackson Katz Support Groups for Men in Prison: The Fellowship of the King of Hearts Harris Breiman and T. Pete Bonner The Anti-Exploits of Men Against Sexism, 1977-78 Daniel Burton-Rose Men Helping Men: Facilitating Therapy Groups For Sex Offenders Charles J. Sabatino Litigation, Advocacy, and Self-Respect Donald Specter and Terry A. Kupers Rehabilitating Prison Labor: The Uses of Imprisoned Masculinity Christian Parenti Reentry: Prospects for Postrelease Success Lige Dailey Jr. For Further Reading About the Contributors Index