Holding Your Square

by Christopher W. Mullins

Book Overview

This book is about the meanings of masculinities within the social networks of the streets of an American city (St Louis, Missouri), and how these shaped perceptions and enactments of violence. Based on a large number of interviews with offenders the author provides a rich description of life on the streets, contextualizing criminal violence within this deviant subculture, and with a specific focus on issues of gender. The book provides one of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843921944
• ISBN13: 9781843921943
• Release Date: September 2006
• Publisher: Willan Publishing (UK)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"