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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Autor principal: Sweeney, Megan (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 2010
En:Año: 2010
Acceso en línea: Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag)
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UB: KB 20 A 4293
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Palabras clave:
Books and reading
USA > Weibliche Strafgefangene > Lektüre
USA > Weibliche Strafgefangene > Leserin
Women Prisoners > Books and reading > United States
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Sumario: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
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:XVI, 332 S.
ISBN:9780807833520
9780807871003