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UNINA9910960166503321 |
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Autore |
Presser Lois |
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Titolo |
Been a heavy life : stories of violent men / / Lois Presser |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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9786613895615 |
9781283583169 |
128358316X |
9780252092183 |
025209218X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (202 p.) |
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Collana |
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Critical perspectives in criminology |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Violence in men |
Abusive men |
Criminal behavior |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Self and story -- Offender identities, offender narratives -- Thinking about research effects -- Research methods when research is being researched -- Reform narratives : return of the good self -- Stability narratives : never a bad self -- Elastic narratives : creative integration -- Tales of heroic struggle -- The situated construction of narratives -- The power of stories. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In this groundbreaking work, Lois Presser investigates the life stories of men who have perpetrated violence. She applies insights from across the academy to in-depth interviews with men who shared their accounts of how they became the people we most fear--those who rape, murder, assault, and rob, often repeatedly. Been a Heavy Life provides the discipline of criminology with two crucial frameworks: one for critically evaluating the construction of offenders' own stories, and one for grasping the cultural meta-narratives that legitimize violence. For social scientists generally, this book offers a vivid demonstration of just how dynamic and contingent self-narratives are. |
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