Hidden Truth takes the reader inside a Rhode Island juvenile prison to explore broader questions of how poor, disenfranchised young men come to terms with masculinity and identity. Adam D. Reich, who worked with inmates to produce a newspaper, writes vividly and memorably about the young men he came to know, and in the process extends theories of masculinity, crime, and social reproduction into a provocative new paradigm. Reich suggests that young men’s participation in crime constitutes a game through which they achieve ‘outsider masculinity.’ Once in prison these same youths are forced to reconcile their criminal practices with a new game and new ‘insider masculinity’ enforced by guards and administrators.
Table of Content
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction: Playing at Masculinity
Part I / Outsider Masculinity
Chapter 1. Outsider Masculinity and the Game of Outlaw
Chapter 2. Investment and Pure Critique
Part II / Insider Masculinity
Chapter 3. Insider Masculinity and the Game of Law
Chapter 4. Adapting to the Game of Law
Part III / Critical Practice
Chapter 5. The Hidden TREWTH and the Possibility of Critical Practice
Chapter 6. Alternative Space and Its Limits
Conclusion: Critical Practice and Public Policy
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the author
Adam D. Reich is a doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley.
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