Beaten Into Violence - Anger, Masculinities, Alcohol, Narcotics (Hardcover)

This book explores the emotional worlds of white working class men and why they self medicate using heroin, alcohol, crack and amphetamines. It drawn on the therapeutic work that the author undertook in Deptford South East London over a fifteen year period and highlights how familial, institutional, cultural and historical violence has shaped white working class masculinities in terms of love and violence. The book transcends current research paradigms drawing on relational theory to move beyond the 'front' presented in current social research to look at what emotions have been masked and kept secret. The book then highlights the failure of current stratgies to engage with the defined problem by taking the presenting masculine 'front' as an issue to be resolved through discipline The research draws on Alice Miller, Gitta Sereny, Klaus Thewelait, Jim Gilligan, Deleuze and Guattari to open up new ways of conceptualising violence and addiction relevant to social science researchers, criminologists, psychologists, gender studies as well as the general public.

General

Imprint:	Authorhouse
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2007
First published:	August 2007
Authors:	Dean Whittington
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
Pages:	384
ISBN-13:	978-1-4343-3119-9
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Gender studies > Men's studies Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Clinical psychology > General
LSN:	1-4343-3119-9
Barcode:	9781434331199

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