Incarcerated women : a history of struggles, oppression, and resistance in American prisons / edited by Erica Rhodes Hayden and Theresa R. Jach.

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text

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unmediated

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volume

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1498542115
9781498542111

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History of struggles, oppression, and resistance in American prisons

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DDC classification:

365/.973 23

LOC classification:

HV9466 .I53 2017

Summary: This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates. -- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-174) and index.

This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates. -- Provided by publisher.

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