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Been a Heavy Life
Lois Presser
其他書名
Stories of Violent Men
出版
University of Illinois Press
, 2010-10-01
主題
Social Science / General
Social Science / Criminology
Social Science / Men's Studies
Social Science / Violence in Society
ISBN
025209218X
9780252092183
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=RKA8xeh1iIYC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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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.