Reading is my window: books and the art of reading in women's prisons

Tell me what you read; I will tell you what you are : reading and education in U.S. penal history -- The underground book railroad : material dimensions of reading -- Between a politics of pain and a politics of pain's disavowal -- Fear of books : reading urban fiction -- To set the captives fr...

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Main Author: Sweeney, Megan 1967- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2010
In:Year: 2010
Online Access: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 4293
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Keywords:
Women Prisoners > Books and reading > United States
Books and reading
USA > Weibliche Strafgefangene > Leserin
USA > Weibliche Strafgefangene > Lektüre
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Summary:Tell me what you read; I will tell you what you are : reading and education in U.S. penal history -- The underground book railroad : material dimensions of reading -- Between a politics of pain and a politics of pain's disavowal -- Fear of books : reading urban fiction -- To set the captives free : self-help reading practices -- Encounters : the meeting ground of books -- Conclusion. This really isn't a rehabilitation place : policy considerations
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:XVI, 332 S.
ISBN:9780807833520
9780807871003