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Embodying punishment : emotions, identities, and lived experiences in women's prisons /
A unique theoretical and empirical examination of women's embodied experience of imprisonment in England. The author examines how women's experience of prison can be understood through a sociological focus on the interaction between body and emotion.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2018.
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| Edición: | First edition. |
| Colección: | Clarendon studies in criminology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction; A Body-Aware Study of Imprisonment; The Current Landscape of Prisons in Crisis; The 'Who' Question: The Profiles of Imprisoned Women; The Book's Premise and Structure
- 1. Locating the Historical and Contemporary Context of Women's Imprisonment: The Foundations for a Body-Aware, Feminist Criminology: The Historical Context of Women's Punishment; The Punishment-Body Relation: Contemporary, Feminist Research on Women's Imprisonment; Conclusion
- 2. Materializing and Feeling Punishment: Women's Bodily Awareness and Embodied Perceptions in Prison: Women's Broader Biographies: Entering Prison in a 'Bad State'; Feeling and Sensing the Impact of Punishment; Conclusion
- 3. Changing Bodies and Ambivalent Subjectivities During and After Prison: The Changing Morphology of the Body and Shifts in Body Image; Medical Care and the Pathological Body: Attitudes to Changes in Health and Well-Being; Ambivalence about the Self and the Changing Body; Conclusion
- 4. Presenting the Prisoner: Appearance, Performances, and Gendered Identities: Theorizing Embodied and Gendered Subjectivity; Gender, Appearance, and Dress in Custody; Conclusion
- 5. Coping with Imprisonment: Strategies of Survival In and Out of Prison: Theorizing Pain, Emotions, and Coping; Prison Food as Comfort, Pleasure, and Bodily Distraction; Drug Use: Escaping Prison through the Body; Survival through Body Care; After Prison: Coping with Stigma; Conclusion
- 6. Self-Harming and Prison Pain: A Case Study into the Embodied Experience of Self-Injury: Theorizing and Contextualizing Self-Injury in Prison; Harming the Self: Embodied Pain in Prisons; Embodying the Sociology of Imprisonment; Conclusion
- Conclusion; Responding to Calls for an Embodied Study of Imprisonment; Why Embody Punishment? Some Reflections on the Purpose of an Embodied Perspective
- Appendix 1
- The Research Process: Methods and Methodology: Research Design; Justification of Methods: Case Study Approach and Qualitative Research; Data Analysis and Interpretation; Methodology; Limitations and Future Directions
- Appendix 2
- Biographical Summaries of the Interview Participants; Bibliography; Index