224 Pages
by
Willan
224 Pages
by
Willan
224 Pages
by
Willan
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This book is concerned with the media's role in everyday life, power relations and the construction of masculine identities in the context of prisons. It is based upon unique research into the nature, impact and consequences of a situation where most prisoners in English prisons have access to some media resource, whether radio or television, or with communal or individual access to it. Captive... Read more
Introduction: prisons, media and everyday life 1. Prison, pain and identity: a review of the literature 2. Identity, self and constructions of masculinity 3. Research context and methodology 4. The microsocial contexts of media use 5. The meso-sphere of culture, interaction and hyper-masculinity 6. The macrosocial institutional sphere. Conclusion: the paradoxical power of media in prisons
Biography
Yvonne Jewkes
