A Prison within a Prison

The Masculinity Narratives of Male Prisoners

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2387740
AutoresTony Evans (0000-0001-8269-2490, Roehampton University, London,, autor de correspondencia), Patti Wallace (Roehampton University, London)
Año2008
Volumen10
Número4
Páginas484-507
Fecha de publicación2008-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaMen and Masculinities (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1097-184X • E-ISSN: 1552-6828
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1097184x06291903
OpenAlexW2027663694
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas54
Referencias citadas27

This study uses a narrative analysis to explore the masculinity narratives of male prisoners. Individual interviews were conducted with nine men aged twenty-two to forty-seven. Using a method described by Agar and Hobbs, extracts were taken from each narrative and grouped around local, global, and themal coherence. These showed that participants fell into three groups: one accepting and internalizing the normative codes of hegemonic masculinity, another growing up within these codes but transforming them through key life turning points into something 'softer and gentler,' and the third defining their sense of self outside hegemonic norms. The implications of these findings for the men's emotional well-being and for working with hypermasculinity in prisons are discussed along with ideas for developing this research

Art · Criminology · Hegemonic masculinity · Hegemony · Masculinity · Narrative · Normative · Political science · Prison · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology