Flesh and Blood - Adolescent Gender Diversity and Violence

Informationen zum Autor James W. Messerschmidt is professor of criminology at the University of Southern Maine. Klappentext This book provides a unique conceptualization of: 1) embodiment as a lived aspect of gender, 2) how masculine practices may be constructed by both boys and girls, 3) how such embodied social actions are related to violence and nonviolence, and 4) the fallacy of the mind-body, sex-gender, and gender difference binaries. Zusammenfassung This book provides a unique conceptualization of: 1) embodiment as a lived aspect of gender! 2) how masculine practices may be constructed by both boys and girls! 3) how such embodied social actions are related to violence and nonviolence! and 4) the fallacy of the mind-body! sex-gender! and gender difference binaries. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Corporeal Criminology Chapter 2 Gendered Woman, Gendered Man Chapter 3 Structured Action Theory Chapter 4 A Theorized Life History Chapter 5 Wimp and Bully Chapter 6 Badass and Ladybug Chapter 7 Boys, Girls, and Embodied Violence Chapter 8 Disrupting Difference

Product details

• Authors: James W Messerschmidt, James W. Messerschmidt, Messerschmidt James W.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 24.09.2004
• EAN: 9780742541641
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4164-1
• No. of pages: 184
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Violence in society, Violence and abuse in society