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Speaking of Crime: Narratives of Prisoners: 17 (Stages)
Patricia E. O'Connor
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Description for Speaking of Crime: Narratives of Prisoners: 17 (Stages)
paperback. Explores how prisoners speak of their lives, and in particular how they speak of crime. Series: Stages. Num Pages: 206 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 12. Weight in Grams: 284.
Speaking of Crime explores how inmates speak of their lives and in particular how they speak of crime. What is the power of speech for prisoners? What do their uses of pronouns and choices of verbs reveal about them, their experiences of violence, their relationships with other prisoners, and their likelihood for change? In this fascinating book, Patricia E. O'Connor probes beneath the surface of prison speech by examining over one hundred taped accounts of narratives of violence made by African-American inmates of a U.S. maximum security prison. The inmates' manner of speaking about their lives and acts of violence—not ... Read more
Speaking of Crime explores how inmates speak of their lives and in particular how they speak of crime. What is the power of speech for prisoners? What do their uses of pronouns and choices of verbs reveal about them, their experiences of violence, their relationships with other prisoners, and their likelihood for change? In this fascinating book, Patricia E. O'Connor probes beneath the surface of prison speech by examining over one hundred taped accounts of narratives of violence made by African-American inmates of a U.S. maximum security prison. The inmates' manner of speaking about their lives and acts of violence—not ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
Series
Stages
Number of Pages
206
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803286085
SKU
V9780803286085
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About Patricia E. O'Connor
Sociolinguist Patricia E. O'Connor is an associate professor of English at Georgetown University with over fifteen years of experience doing fieldwork and teaching in prisons.
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