Flesh and Blood

出版者:Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc

作者:Messerschmidt, James W.

页数:184

出版时间:2004-10

价格:$ 28.19

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9780742541641

具体描述

Sociologists and criminologists have long known that there is a relationship between masculinity and crime. Indeed, gender has been advanced consistently as the strongest predictor of criminal involvement. Flesh and Blood provides a fascinating account of the connection among adolescent gender diversity, the body, and assaultive violence. The book is divided into four parts. In Part I, the author explores the history of criminology as a discipline, paying particular attention to the misgivings about the body, gender, and crime. Messerschmidt shows that criminology historically has maintained, in various ways, the mind-body, sex-gender, and gender difference binaries. In Part II, Messerschmidt presents a theoretical framework_structured action theory_for overcoming these binaries. This perspective allows conceptualization of: embodiment as a lived aspect of gender, both gender differences and gender similarities in the commission of crime, how embodied social action is embedded in specific structural gender relations in particular settings, and how embodied social actions may be related to violence and nonviolence. The methodology for the study is also presented in Part II, which seeks to understand, through life-history interviews, certain boys' and girls' use of assaultive violence as a gendered practice. Part III presents in depth life histories of four white working-class boys and girls involved in assaultive violence. The two chief questions addressed in these life stories are: Why is it that some boys and some girls engage in assaultive violence and how are these violent boys and girls similar and different? How are gender relations in specific settings-such as the family, the school, and the street-related to motivation for embodied violence and nonviolence by the same boys and girls? Part IV puts structured action theory to work by analyzing the three major sites (home, school, and street) of the boys' and girls' life histories and how these are related to assaultive violence and nonviolence. The analysis reveals both similarities and differences between assaultive boys and girls and the fallacy of the mind-body, sex-gender, and gender difference binaries. The book closes with a chapter on how girls' assaultive violence may disrupt gender difference in various ways.

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《Flesh and Blood》是一部真正意义上的“硬核”作品，它挑战着读者的认知边界，也迫使我们去面对一些难以启齿的真相。我不得不承认，在阅读的过程中，我曾多次感到不安，甚至有些排斥。但是，正是这种不适感，让我更加确信这部作品的价值。作者没有回避人性中最阴暗的一面，他用一种近乎残忍的诚实，将那些潜藏在社会角落里的东西赤裸裸地展现在我们面前。这种勇气，在当下的文学创作中是难能可贵的。我欣赏作者的洞察力，他能够捕捉到那些被忽视的细节，并将其转化为具有冲击力的情节。每一次阅读，都像是在剥洋葱，一层一层地揭开真相，直到露出最核心的部分。

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《Flesh and Blood》给我带来的震撼，远不止于故事本身，更在于它所引发的深刻思考。它像一面镜子，折射出我们每个人内心深处可能存在的矛盾与欲望，让我们不得不去审视自己的选择和价值观。书中对人际关系的描绘，尤其是那些错综复杂、充满了误解与猜忌的联系，简直是写实到了令人心痛的地步。我仿佛看到了自己生活中那些熟悉的影子，那些曾经让我辗转反侧的时刻，那些让我无声呐喊的困惑，都在书中的人物身上得到了淋漓尽致的展现。作者并没有试图给出一个简单的答案，而是鼓励读者自己去寻找解读，去体味其中的无奈与温情。这种开放式的叙事，反而让这部作品更具生命力，也更容易在读者心中留下长久的印记。每当合上书本，我都会陷入沉思，回味那些让我久久不能平静的段落。

这本《Flesh and Blood》读起来简直像是在一个精心搭建的迷宫里穿梭，每一个转折都充满了惊喜，有时甚至让你惊出一身冷汗。作者的笔触细腻得如同雕刻家的刻刀，将人物的情感世界一层层剥开，展现在读者面前的是一个复杂而又真实的人性光谱。我尤其喜欢它在描绘人物内心挣扎时的那种毫不留情，那种直面阴影的勇气。仿佛每一个角色都承载着沉重的过往，他们的每一次呼吸、每一个眼神都充满了故事。我常常会停下来，反复咀嚼那些细微的描写，试图从中找到人物行为的深层逻辑。那些看似不经意间的对话，往往隐藏着巨大的张力，为后续的剧情发展埋下了伏笔。而且，作者在情节推进上也显得游刃有余，不会因为追求速度而牺牲深度，也不会因为沉浸于细节而拖慢节奏。这种恰到好处的平衡，让我在阅读过程中始终保持着高度的投入感。

我被《Flesh and Blood》深深吸引，不仅仅是因为它的情节跌宕起伏，更在于它所传达出的某种深刻的情感力量。书中关于爱与失去，关于成长与救赎的探讨，都触动了我内心最柔软的地方。作者的文字带着一种诗意的忧伤，却又充满了希望的光芒。我尤其喜欢它在描绘人物内心成长轨迹时的那种细腻与真实，仿佛我们都能从中找到自己的影子，看到自己在人生的道路上挣扎、迷茫，但最终又顽强地站起来。那些充满张力的对话，那些隐忍而深沉的情感，都让我为之动容。这本书让我感受到了一种超越文字的力量，一种能够直击灵魂的触动。它让我重新审视了自己的人生，也让我对未来充满了期待。