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Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence
James W. Messerschmidt
其他書名
The Struggle for Recognition
出版Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012-03-16
主題Social Science / Violence in SocietySocial Science / Disasters & Disaster ReliefSocial Science / Gender StudiesSocial Science / CriminologySocial Science / Children's Studies
ISBN14422137289781442213722
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=o14Q0im8-6MC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋In Gender, Heterosexuality, and Youth Violence, James W. Messerschmidt unravels some of the mysteries of teenage violence. Written by one of the most respected scholars on the subject of gendered crime, this book provides a fascinating account of the connections among adolescent masculinities and femininities, bullying in schools, the body, heterosexuality, and violence and nonviolence.

After an introduction that lays out key concepts, including a revised structured action theory, Messerschmidt shares six compelling life-histories of white working-class boys and girls who have all been victims of severe forms of bullying at school. The book is unique in its comparative approach between violent and nonviolent youth, between boys and girls as offenders and non-offenders, between assaultive and sexual violence, and among a variety of masculinities and femininities. It also addresses how heterosexuality is related to sex, gender, and certain forms of violence or non-violence.

The penetrating life histories are partially drawn from Messerschmid’s previous books Nine Lives and Flesh and Blood, as well as several completely new life-history interviews. The book’s cutting-edge conceptualization of these life histories provides novel insight into the vexing question of youth violence.