Breaking women: gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment
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Main Author: Mccorkel, Jill A. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York [u.a.] New York Univ. Press 2013
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Online Access:Inhaltsverzeichnis
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Getting tough on women: how punishment changed -- Taking over: the private company in the public prison -- From good girls to real criminals: race made visible -- The eyes are watching you: finding the real self -- Diseased women: crack whores, bad mothers, and welfare queens -- Rentin' out your head: navigating claims about the self -- Unruly selves: forms of prisoner resistance -- Conclusion: what if the cure is worse than the disease?
Physical Description:XV, 272 S. Ill.
ISBN:9780814761489
0814761488
9780814761496
0814761496

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