Prison Masculinities

This edited book explores prison masculinities, drawing from a wide range of international researchers to highlight how masculinities may divert from the 'hypermasculine' or macho typology typically found in the prison masculinities literature.

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Tess Bartlett is an early career researcher whose work lies at the nexus of masculinities, identity, and fathering, and how these are expressed in the prison environment and in carceral spaces. She is a senior report writer in the Waitangi Tribunal Unit at the Ministry of Justice, Wellington New Zealand. Previously, Tess worked as a research fellow in the Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre and in various teaching and research roles in Criminology at Monash University, Melbourne. She has a forthcoming monograph entitled Fathers in prison: Negotiating masculinities, identity and space (Routledge) and is a book series editor for the Emerald Advances in Masculinities series, along with co-editors Professor Steven Roberts and Professor Rosemary Ricciardelli.

Rosemary Ricciardelli is a Professor in the School of Maritime Studies and Research Chair in Safety, Security, and Wellness, at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Fisheries and Marine Institute. Elected to the Royal Society of Canada, her research centres on evolving understandings of gender, vulnerabilities, risk, and experiences and issues within different facets of the criminal justice system and among seafarers.

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Introduction: Masculinities "in" and "of" Prison

Chapter 1. Masculinity, Sexuality, and Violence in the Australian Convict Colonies

Chapter 2. The Shackles of Maculinity: Indigenous Men, Settler Colonialism, and the Carceral Archipelago

Chapter 3. Power, Piety, and Productivity: Negotiating Status and Masculinities in Dominican Prisons

Chapter 4. The Toll of Totalising Masculinities in Prison

Chapter 5. Surviving as "the Lowest of the Low": A Narrative of Prison Experience from a Child Sex Offender

Chapter 6. Masculinities in Prison: Expression, Variation, and Implications for Violent Misconduct

Chapter 7. "The Real Man": A problematic Concept or Exceptionally Progressive for 1950s Punishment Scholarship?

Chapter 8. Are Inclusive Masculinities Performed Within Prison Settings?

Chapter 9. Undoing Gender While Doing Time: Masculinities in Prison Arts Programs

Chapter 10. Fathering in Prison: Adjustment and Aspirations

Chapter 11. Gender, Violence, and Vulnerability: Beyond the Prison

Conclusion: Masculinities of Prison: Shaping Men While Being Shaped