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Relational Masculinities

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It has already been recognised that men are often feminised through the prison experience—having feminine dimensions of time, space, and corporeal spectacle imposed upon them. This also occurs through the very people that a male prisoner comes into contact with on a daily basis, even if those people are men, and even if their behaviours are perceived to be ‘hypermasculine’.

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Notes

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    ‘Burn’ is tobacco.

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    An interesting choice of words to use the term ‘manhandle’, yet this is symbolic of such interactions between prisoners and staff, and highlights some of the issues raised when female officers step into such a masculine role (Crewe 2006a).

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    In itself, the idea of ‘whinging’ is referential to a childlike behaviour, thereby highlighting the lack of adult autonomy ascribed to the male prisoner when incarcerated and dependent on others.

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Sloan, J.A. (2016). Relational Masculinities. In: Masculinities and the Adult Male Prison Experience. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39915-1_6

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