"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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Main Author: White, Regina Lynn 1976-2021 (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: 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.
ISBN:9781529231618