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Author:
McCorkel, Jill A.
Title:
Breaking women : gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment / Jill A. McCorkel.
Publisher:
New York University Press,
Copyright Date:
2013
Description:
xv, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Female offenders--Rehabilitation--United States.
Women prisoners--Services for--United States.
Corrections--United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index.
Contents:
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?
ISBN:
0814761496 (pbk : alk. paper)
9780814761496 (pbk : alk. paper)
0814761488 (alk. paper)
9780814761489 (alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)819717777
LCCN:
2012050535
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)
CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)
UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)
OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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