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Nine Lives: Adolescent Masculinities, the Body, and Violence

By James W. Messerschmidt

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2019
ISBN
0367007525, 9780367007522
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17859591 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
170\169
Time added
2022-12-31 16:54:08

Description

This book presents the life stories of nine boys to examine the differential use of violence as a resource for "doing masculinity" in specific situations and circumstances thus helping us understand the highly gendered ratio of crime in industrialized societies as well as national tragedies. Dedication Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction 2 Sam, John, and Zack 3 Hugh, Perry, and Lenny 4 From Predisposition to Violent Event 5 Jerry, Dennis, and Alan 6 Nonviolence and Social Change References Index

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