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BL
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| Record Number
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702099
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b524288
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| Main Entry
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O'Connor, Patricia E.,1949-
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| Title & Author
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Speaking of crime : : narratives of prisoners /\ Patricia E. O'Connor.
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| Publication Statement
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Lincoln :: University of Nebraska Press,, c2000.
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| Series Statement
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Stages ;; 17
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| Page. NO
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xii, 206 p. ;; 23 cm.
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| ISBN
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0803286082 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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: 9780803286085 (pbk. : alk. paper)
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| Notes
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"A Bison original."
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-198) and index.
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| Contents
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Getting into Prison -- Agency and the Verb Position -- Pronouns and Agency -- Reflexive Language and Frame Breaks.
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| Abstract
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"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."--BOOK JACKET.
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| Subject
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Prisoners' writings, American.
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Prisoners-- United States.
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Prisons-- United States.
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| LC Classification
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HV9471.O36 2000
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