Inventing the savage : the social construction of Native American criminality /

In this pathfinding study, Ross draws upon the life histories of imprisoned Native American women to demonstrate how race/ethnicity, gender, and class contribute to the criminalizing of various behaviors and subsequent incarceration rates. Drawing on the Native women's own words, she reveals th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ross, Luana, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin : University of Texas Press, 1998.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Indian prisoners > Montana.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Montana.
Women prisoners > Montana.
Indian women > Montana > Social conditions.
Racism > Montana.
Prisonnières > Montana.
Prisonniers issus des Peuples autochtones > Montana.
Femmes des Peuples autochtones > Montana > Conditions sociales.
Racisme > Montana.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
Criminal justice, Administration of
Indian prisoners
Indian women > Social conditions
Racism
Women prisoners
Montana
Criminal justice, Administration of > Montana
Indian prisoners > Montana
Indian women > Social conditions > Montana
Racism > Montana
Women prisoners > Montana
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Colonization and the social construction of deviance
  • Worlds collide : new world, new Indians
  • Racializing Montana : the creation of "Bad Indians" continues
  • Part II. Creating dangerous women : narratives of imprisoned Native American and White women
  • Prisoner profile : past and present
  • Lives dictated by violence
  • Experiences of women in prison : "They keep me at a level where they can control me"
  • Rehabilitation or control : "What are they trying to do? Destroy me?"
  • Motherhood imprisoned : images and concerns of imprisoned Mothers
  • Double punishment : weak institutional support for imprisoned mothers
  • Rehabilitation and healing of imprisoned Mothers
  • Narrative of a Native woman on the outside : Gloria Wells Norlin (Ka min di tat).

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