{"product_id":"games-prisoners-play-the-tragicomic-worlds-of-polish-prison-9780691149325","title":"Games Prisoners Play  The Tragicomic Worlds of","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn March 11, 1985, a van was pulled over in Warsaw for a routine traffic check. Inside was Marek Kaminski, a Warsaw University student who also ran an underground press for Solidarity. Kaminski was the next a political prisoner trying to adjust to a bizarre and dangerous new world. This book represents his attempts to understand that world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the 2004 Distinguished Book Award, European Academy of Sociology \"Written with refreshing directness--funny and horrible by turns--and complemented by delightful illustrations, Games Prisoners Play ... makes a highly original contribution to the literature on prisons. The book will also prove valuable for introducing game theory... There could be no better advertisement for rational choice.\"--Michael Biggs, American Journal of Sociology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Figures xi  List of Tables xiii  Acknowledgments xv  Introduction 1  Chapter One  Entry 16  Chapter Two  The Constraints of Prison Life: An Overview 21  Material Constraints 22  Administrative Constraints 29  Subcultural Constraints: A Glimpse at the World of Grypsmen 34  Note on Importation versus Deprivation 37  Chapter Three  Becoming a Grypsman 38  Initiation Tests 38  First Screening: Fag-Making and Baptism 41  Little Games 46  Hidden Tests 51  Prison University 54  Chapter Four  Prison Code of Behavior 56  The Semi-Secret Code 58  The Secret Code 65  Sanctions and Intercaste Mobility 76  Chapter Five  Argot 82  Argot Vocabulary 82  Argot Roles 85  Secret Argot Grammar 89  Language Games 95  Chapter Six  Everyday Life 101  Random Walk through the Cell Archipelago 101  Information and Trade Markets 104  Coalitional Structures and Resource-Sharing 111  Arenas of Art and Entertainment 116  Fights and Exploitation 124  Chapter Seven  Sex, Flirtation, Love 130  Masturbation 131  Fags 134  Women 138  Chapter Eight  Strategic Ailment 145  Goals of Strategic Ailment 147  Techniques of Strategic Ailment 149  Cases of Self-Injury 155  Cases of Faking 163  Chapter Nine  Exit 169  Postscriptum Variants and Evolution of Grypsmen Subculture 172  Local Variants and Modifications 172  The Evolution of Grypsmen Subculture 178  Appendix  Prison Playground: Games and Decisions 183  Glossary  Essential Argot 191  Notes 197  References 205  Index 209","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403781185879,"sku":"9780691149325","price":28.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691149325.jpg?v=1730484524","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/games-prisoners-play-the-tragicomic-worlds-of-polish-prison-9780691149325","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}