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Author:
Appleman, Deborah, author.
Title:
Words no bars can hold : literacy learning in prison / Deborah Appleman.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
W.W. Norton & Company,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
xx, 163 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Subject:
Prisoners--Education--United States.
Criminals--Rehabilitation--United States.
Literacy programs--United States.
Education and crime--United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Criminals--Rehabilitation.
Education and crime.
Literacy programs.
Prisoners--Education.
United States.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-152) and index.
Contents:
Education : life or death -- A tough sell : education and incarceration -- The geography of incarceration : the classroom in the big house -- I thirst for knowledge : the quality of incarcerated intelligence -- Surveillance and control : no hugs for thugs -- Rewriting the self : I will write myself out of prison -- Writing in the dark : profiles of incarcerated learners -- Interrupting the school to prison pipeline : what if I had started to write in high school? -- Words no bars can hold : songs from the genius child.
ISBN:
0393713679
9780393713671
LCCN:
2018050856
Locations:
UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

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