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Masculinities and the Adult Male Prison Experience

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  • © 2016

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  1. Jennifer Anne Sloan

    1. Department of Law and Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. An Introduction to the Book

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 1-21

  3. Doing Prison Research

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 23-42

  4. Corporeal Masculinities

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 43-62

  5. Temporal Masculinities

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 63-88

  6. Spatial Masculinities

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 89-105

  7. Relational Masculinities

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 107-129

  8. Vulnerable Masculinities

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 131-156

  9. Gender in Prison

    • Jennifer Anne Sloan
    Pages 157-182

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 183-197
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About this book

This book critically analyses how men in prison act out their masculine identities. It considers how men negotiate their time in 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, and 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.


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“Jennifer Anne Sloan explores the diverse dimensions of incarcerated masculinity. The author aptly highlights the difficulties involved in such a study, and devotes numerous developments to the reflexive aspect of this. … From a temporal perspective, she also notes that prison forces men into a more circular … time, and as such, more ‘feminine’ … and that their loss of control over this affects the construction of masculine identity.” (Translated from French, Gwénola Ricordeau, Champ Pénal, Penal field, Vol. 13, 2016)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Law and Criminology, Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, United Kingdom

    Jennifer Anne Sloan

About the author

Jennifer Sloan is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. She researches in the areas of prisons, gender, sexual violence and justice, and is co-editor of The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography.

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