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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964980103321

Autore

O'Connor Patricia E. <1949->

Titolo

Speaking of crime : narratives of prisoners / / Patricia E. O'Connor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2000

ISBN

0-8032-0230-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Stages ; ; v. 17

Disciplina

365/.6/0973

Soggetti

Prisoners - United States

Prisons - United States

Prisoners' writings, American

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Bison books"--P. [i].

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Transcription Conventions -- Introduction to the Prison Research -- Getting into Prison -- Agency and the Verb Position -- Pronouns and Agency -- Reflexive Language and Frame Breaks -- Conclusions and Implications -- Consent Forms -- Questionnaire -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Examining over a hundred taped accounts of narratives of violence made by African-American inmates of a US maximum security prison, O'Connor (English, Georgetown U.) explores how they speak about their lives, and in particular about their crimes. In details of the language and voice, she finds clues to the speaker's sense of identity and feeling of agency. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR