The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Ethnography
This handbook presents a rich collection of chapters that focus on the method and experience of in-depth, ethnographic research in prisons. It provides an authoritative and diverse array of international perspectives that collectively demonstrate the social and political dimensions of the use and ex...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Contributors: | ; ; |
| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2015
|
| In: | Year: 2015 |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig) |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Keywords: | |
| Parallel Edition: | Erscheint auch als: 9781137403872 |
| Summary: | This handbook presents a rich collection of chapters that focus on the method and experience of in-depth, ethnographic research in prisons. It provides an authoritative and diverse array of international perspectives that collectively demonstrate the social and political dimensions of the use and experience of imprisonment worldwide. Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- General Introduction: What Ethnography Tells Us about Prisons and What Prisons Tell Us about Ethnography -- Part I: About Prison Ethnography -- Introduction to Part I -- 1 Research 'Inside' Viewed from 'Outside': Reflections on Prison Ethnography -- 2 Walking amongst the Graves of the Living: Reflections about Doing Prison Research from an Abolitionist Perspective -- 3 Prisons Research beyond the Conventional: Dialogue, 'Creating Miracles' and Staying Sane in a Maximum-Security Prison -- 4 'Get In, Get Out, Go Back?': Transitioning from Prison Ethnography to Prison Policy Research in Russia -- 5 Ethnography of Writings in Prison: Professional Power Struggles Surrounding a Digital Notebook in a Prison for Minors -- 6 Closeness, Distance and Honesty in Prison Ethnography -- 7 Going in Green: Reflections on the Challenges of 'Getting In, Getting On, and Getting Out' for Doctoral Prisons Researchers -- Part II: Through Prison Ethnography -- Introduction to Part II -- 8 Performing Ethnography: Infiltrating Prison Spaces -- 9 The Perfume of Sweat: Prison Research through Deleuzian Lenses -- 10 Ethnography: Exploring Methodological Nuances in Feminist Research with Men Incarcerated for Sexual Offences -- 11 Writing Bad: Prison Ethnography and the Problem of 'Tone' -- 12 Prison Ethnography at the Threshold of Race, Reflexivity and Difference -- 13 Finding Secrets and Secret Findings: Confronting the Limits of the Ethnographer's Gaze -- 14 Ethnographic Imagination in the Field of the Prison -- Part III: Of Prison Ethnography -- Introduction to Part III -- 15 Insider Ethnography or the Tale of the Prison Governor's New Clothes -- 16 Changing Hats: Transiting between Practitioner and Researcher Roles. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (531 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9781137403889 |