| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 332 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-323) and index. |
| Contents |
Tell me what you read, I will tell you what you are : reading and education in U.S. penal history -- The underground book railroad : material dimensions of reading -- Between a politics of pain and a politics of pain's disavowal -- Fear of books : reading urban fiction -- To set the captives free : self-help reading practices -- Encounters : the meeting ground of books -- Conclusion. This really isn't a rehabilitation place : policy considerations. |
| Summary |
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. |
| Access |
Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011. MiAaHDL |
| System Details |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
| Processing Action |
digitized 2011 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Women prisoners -- Books and reading -- United States.
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Women prisoners. |
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Books and reading. |
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United States. |
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Books and reading.
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African American women -- Books and reading.
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African American women -- Books and reading. |
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African American women -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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African American women -- Study and teaching (Higher) |
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African American women. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sweeney, Megan, 1967- Reading is my window. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807833520 (DLC) 2009032387 (OCoLC)430522897 |
| ISBN |
9780807898352 (electronic book) |
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080789835X (electronic book) |
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9781469604367 (electronic book) |
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1469604361 (electronic book) |
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9780807833520 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807871003 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807833525 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807871001 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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