"Usefulness" of a "useless" population
This chapter discusses what the women shared concerning generativity – both action and desires. The chapter expounds on the concept of generativity, which encompasses teaching, mentoring, and encouraging the next generation. It offers a critique of the concept of generativity as based on a conceptio...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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Incarceration and older women
Year: 2023, Pages: 89-103 |
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| Summary: | This chapter discusses what the women shared concerning generativity – both action and desires. The chapter expounds on the concept of generativity, which encompasses teaching, mentoring, and encouraging the next generation. It offers a critique of the concept of generativity as based on a conception of individuals in the free world. In particular, the desire to care for and encourage younger people in prison does not continue a positive pattern but rather is an attempt to correct a negative one. |
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| ISBN: | 9781529231618 |
