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Informationen zum Autor Adam D. Reich is a doctoral student at the University of California! Berkeley. Klappentext 97385521 Zusammenfassung Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, who worked with inmates to produce a newspaper, writes vividly and memorably about the young men he came to know, and in the process extends theories of masculinity, crime, and social reproduction into a provocative new paradigm. Reich suggests that young men's participation in crime constitutes a game through which they achieve “outsider masculinity.” Once in prison these same youths are forced to reconcile their criminal practices with a new game and new “insider masculinity” enforced by guards and administrators. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Preface Introduction: Playing at Masculinity Part I / Outsider Masculinity Chapter 1. Outsider Masculinity and the Game of Outlaw Chapter 2. Investment and Pure Critique Part II / Insider Masculinity Chapter 3. Insider Masculinity and the Game of Law Chapter 4. Adapting to the Game of Law Part III / Critical Practice Chapter 5. The Hidden TREWTH and the Possibility of Critical Practice Chapter 6. Alternative Space and Its Limits Conclusion: Critical Practice and Public Policy Bibliography Notes Index
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Takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. The author suggests that young men's participation in crime constitutes a game through which they achieve 'outsider masculinity'.