Doing crime, doing gender -- Gender's omnipresence: methodology -- Real men and punks: masculinities on the streets -- Every motherfucker gonna try to punk you: masculinity challenges -- One man's 'ho' is another man's sister: men's relationships with women and families -- Is it smart or just a punk ass move? : contradictions of masculinity -- Masculinities, streetlife and violence
Summary
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 most detailed descriptions yet of the forms masculinity takes in disadvantages communities in the United States
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-174) and index
