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This book critically analyses how men in prison act out their masculine identities. It considers how men negotiate their entry into prison, which can involve being placed into a feminine position relative to other men, and particularly looks at the subversion of heteronormative gender positionings through bodies, spaces, time, and relationships. Vulnerability is also taken as a key consideration, as men are shown to act out their masculinities for the benefit of an audience that matters to them. However, that audience is shown to be subject to change at any point in time. Using extensive ethnographic data drawn from adult male prisoners, the book adopts the viewpoint of the individual prisoner as a frame to consider masculinity. It also advances ethnographic research in criminology by reflecting upon the identity of researchers in prisons, particularly the female researcher's gendered identity in such environments. It will be of great interest to scholars of penology, gender and ethnography.

Social sciences. --- Crime --- Juvenile delinquents. --- Corrections. --- Punishment. --- Sociology. --- Human body --- Sex (Psychology). --- Gender expression. --- Gender identity. --- Social Sciences. --- Prison and Punishment. --- Youth Offending and Juvenile Justice. --- Crime and Society. --- Gender Studies. --- Sociology of the Body. --- Sociological aspects. --- Social aspects. --- Male prisoners --- Prison psychology. --- Masculinity. --- Psychology. --- Male prison inmates --- Men prison inmates --- Men prisoners --- Masculinity (Psychology) --- Prisoners --- Psychology, Prison --- Psychology --- Criminology and Criminal Justice. --- Sex identity (Gender identity) --- Sexual identity (Gender identity) --- Identity (Psychology) --- Sex (Psychology) --- Queer theory --- Expression, Gender --- Sex role --- Psychology, Sexual --- Sex --- Sexual behavior, Psychology of --- Sexual psychology --- Sensuality --- Social theory --- Social sciences --- Penalties (Criminal law) --- Penology --- Corrections --- Impunity --- Retribution --- Correctional services --- Criminal justice, Administration of --- Delinquents --- Delinquents, Juvenile --- Juvenile offenders --- Offenders, Juvenile --- Offenders, Youthful --- Young offenders --- Youthful offenders --- Criminals --- Youth --- Criminal sociology --- Criminology --- Sociology of crime --- Sociology --- Psychological aspects --- Sociological aspects --- Men --- Correctional psychology --- Crime—Sociological aspects. --- Human body-Social aspects. --- Human body—Social aspects. --- Prison psychology --- Masculinity