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Speaking of crime : narratives of prisoners / Patricia E. O'Connor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connor, Patricia E., 1949-
- Series:
- Stages (Series) ; v. 17.
- Stages ; v. 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisoners--United States.
- Prisoners.
- Prisons--United States.
- Prisons.
- Prisoners' writings, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (223 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Examining over a hundred taped accounts of narratives of violence made by African-American inmates of a US maximum security prison, O'Connor (English, Georgetown U.) explores how they speak about their lives, and in particular about their crimes. In details of the language and voice, she finds clues to the speaker's sense of identity and feeling of agency. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Transcription Conventions
- Introduction to the Prison Research
- Getting into Prison
- Agency and the Verb Position
- Pronouns and Agency
- Reflexive Language and Frame Breaks
- Conclusions and Implications
- Consent Forms
- Questionnaire
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- "Bison books"--P. [i].
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8032-0230-X
- OCLC:
- 614528916
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