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7. “I’m Finally Becoming the Person I Always Wanted to Be”: Masculine Identity, Social Support, and Falling Back
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Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
- 1. No Love for the Brothers: Youth Incarceration and Reentry in Philadelphia 19
- 2. “Because That Is the Way You Are”: Predictions of Failure and Cultural Assaults Inside Mountain Ridge Academy 43
- 3. “You Can Take Me Outta the ’Hood, But You Can’t Take the ’Hood Outta Me”: The Experience of “Reform” at Mountain Ridge Academy 56
- 4. “Nothing’s Changed but Me”: Reintegration Plans Meet the Inner City 77
- 5. “I’m Not a Mama’s Boy, I’m My Own Boy”: Employment, Hustling, and Adulthood 102
- 6. “I Just Wanna See a Part of Me That’s Never Been Bad”: Family, Fatherhood, and Further Offending 127
- 7. “I’m Finally Becoming the Person I Always Wanted to Be”: Masculine Identity, Social Support, and Falling Back 163
- 8. “I Got Some Unfinished Business”: Fictions of Success at Mountain Ridge Academy’s Graduation Ceremony 190
- Conclusion 208
- Notes 233
- Index 249
- About the Author 257
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter i
- Contents vii
- Preface ix
- Acknowledgments xi
- Introduction 1
- 1. No Love for the Brothers: Youth Incarceration and Reentry in Philadelphia 19
- 2. “Because That Is the Way You Are”: Predictions of Failure and Cultural Assaults Inside Mountain Ridge Academy 43
- 3. “You Can Take Me Outta the ’Hood, But You Can’t Take the ’Hood Outta Me”: The Experience of “Reform” at Mountain Ridge Academy 56
- 4. “Nothing’s Changed but Me”: Reintegration Plans Meet the Inner City 77
- 5. “I’m Not a Mama’s Boy, I’m My Own Boy”: Employment, Hustling, and Adulthood 102
- 6. “I Just Wanna See a Part of Me That’s Never Been Bad”: Family, Fatherhood, and Further Offending 127
- 7. “I’m Finally Becoming the Person I Always Wanted to Be”: Masculine Identity, Social Support, and Falling Back 163
- 8. “I Got Some Unfinished Business”: Fictions of Success at Mountain Ridge Academy’s Graduation Ceremony 190
- Conclusion 208
- Notes 233
- Index 249
- About the Author 257
