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Captive audience: media, masculinity, and power in prisons
2002, Willan Pub.
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1903240654 9781903240656
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Table of Contents
Machine generated contents note: Acknowledgements vii
Introduction: prisons, media and everyday life ix
1 Prison, pain and identity: a review of the literature 1
The loss of liberty 2
The problem of time: 'doing' time, 'killing' time and
'marking' time 10
The importance of material possessions 14
Autonomy, choice and personal responsibility 16
The deprivation of heterosexual relationships and notions
of masculinity 18
Fear of contamination and assault 20
Fear of personal deterioration and breakdown 21
Contextualising the importance of media in everyday life 22
2 Identity, self and constructions of masculinity 31
The cultural milieu of the prison 32
Self and identity 40
The social construction of masculinity 47
Hegemonic masculinity in prisons 55
Concluding thoughts 57
3 Research context anid methodology 62
Pilot phase 66
The main phase of research 67
Research strategy and methodology 72
My identities 78
4 The microsocial contexts of media use 89
Identity and place 90
Identity and time 97
Place-time-space 107
Relationship between different media 114
Meanings and motivations sought in specific media
content 116
5 The meso-sphere of culture, interaction and
hyper-masculinity 131
Reception and socialisation 132
Culture and subculture 138
Managing social networks 149
6 The macrosocial institutional sphere 161
Reform and rehabilitation 162
Normalisation 170
Control 173
Conclusion: the paradoxical power of media in prisons 185
References 191
Index 206.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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