Reading Is My Window : Books and the Art of Reading in Women's Prisons /

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Sweeney examines how incarcerated women read three popular genres of books-- narratives of victimization, urban crime fiction, and self-help books--to come to terms with their pasts, negotiate their present experiences, and reach toward different futures. She outlines the history of reading and educ...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sweeney, Megan, 1967-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Lektüre
Bildungsinteresse
Weibliche Gefangene
Books and reading.
African American women > Study and teaching (Higher)
African American women > Books and reading.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Noires americaines > Livres et lecture.
Livres et lecture.
Prisonnieres > Livres et lecture > États-Unis.
Women prisoners > Books and reading > United States.
USA.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Sweeney examines how incarcerated women read three popular genres of books-- narratives of victimization, urban crime fiction, and self-help books--to come to terms with their pasts, negotiate their present experiences, and reach toward different futures. She outlines the history of reading and education in U.S. prisons, highlighting how the increasing dehumanization of prisoners has resulted in diminished prison libraries and restricted opportunities for reading.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (352 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781469604367

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