| Been a Heavy Life: Stories of Violent Men Contributor(s): Presser, Lois (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252075587 ISBN-13: 9780252075582 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2008 Annotation: A ground-breaking look at how violent men tell their life stories |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Criminology - Social Science | Violence In Society - Social Science | Men's Studies |
| Dewey: 305.389 |
| LCCN: 2008006459 |
| Series: Critical Perspectives in Criminology |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.9" W x 8.8" (0.60 lbs) 200 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Masculine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
