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- catalog abstract ""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 just what they talk about but how they talk about it - supplies important clues to their senses of identity and feelings of agency. The use of second-person pronouns when speaking about themselves and a reliance on distinctive verbal devices such as irony and constructed dialogue provide important insights into the way prisoners see their world and help condition how they interact with it."--Jacket.".
- catalog alternative "Project Muse UPCC books net".
- catalog contributor b11927223.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""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 just what they talk about but how they talk about it - supplies important clues to their senses of identity and feelings of agency. The use of second-person pronouns when speaking about themselves and a reliance on distinctive verbal devices such as irony and constructed dialogue provide important insights into the way prisoners see their world and help condition how they interact with it."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Getting into Prison -- Agency and the Verb Position -- Pronouns and Agency -- Reflexive Language and Frame Breaks.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog extent "xii, 206 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0803286082 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
- catalog isPartOf "Stages (Series) ; v. 17.".
- catalog isPartOf "Stages ; 17".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "365/.6/0973 21".
- catalog subject "HV9471 .O36 2000".
- catalog subject "Prisoners United States.".
- catalog subject "Prisoners' writings, American.".
- catalog subject "Prisons United States.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Getting into Prison -- Agency and the Verb Position -- Pronouns and Agency -- Reflexive Language and Frame Breaks.".
- catalog title "Speaking of crime : narratives of prisoners / Patricia E. O'Connor.".
- catalog type "text".