Race and masculinity in contemporary american prison novels
Auteur :
Ek, Auli
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9780415975704
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2005
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
450 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Analyzes how American prison narratives reflect and produce ideologies of masculinity in the United States. This book puts various subgenres of prison narratives into a dialogue in order to demonstrate a polar dichotomy in the institutional and public discourses of criminality.