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Incarcerated women : a history of struggles, oppression, and resistance in American prisons /
This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how w...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2017]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 186 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781498542128 1498542123 |