Been a heavy life : stories of violent men / / Lois Presser

• Autore: Presser Lois
• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.38/962
• Soggetto topico: Violence in men; Abusive men; Criminal behavior
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [161]-178) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Been a heavy life
• ISBN: 9786613895615; 9781283583169; 128358316X; 9780252092183; 025209218X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910960166503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Critical Perspectives in Criminology