Joni Schwartz, John R. Chaney

Gifts from the Dark

Learning from the Incarceration Experience

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Without minimizing the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark challenges the mindset of incarceration as a solely one dimensional, deficit event. Instead, this book argues that the prison experience can potentially be one of transformational learning.

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Produktdetails

• Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice
• Verlag: Lexington Books
• Seitenzahl: 210
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. April 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 499g
• ISBN-13: 9781498591706
• ISBN-10: 1498591701
• Artikelnr.: 61189307

Autorenporträt

By Joni Schwartz and John R. Chaney

Inhaltsangabe

Part I: Adult Transformative Learning and the Prison Experience
Chapter 1: Prison Writing: A Literary Tradition
Chapter 2: Incarceration: The Disorienting Dilemma toward Transformation
Chapter 3: Transformation: A Brave Act
Chapter 4: Understanding the Role of Race and Gender
Part II: Learning that Transforms the Self
Chapter 5: Sitting with Yourself: Cells of Silence and Solitude
Chapter 6: The Organic Intellectual
Chapter 7: Higher & Continuing Education: Attracting the Best Students
Chapter 8: Exercising Body and Mind: Habits and Flow
Chapter 9: Emotional Intelligence and the Prison Experience
Part III: Learning in Relation to Others
Chapter 10: The Black Family and the Incarceration Experience
Chapter 11: The Prison Experience and Technology
Chapter 12: Non-verbal Communication
Part IV: Learning that Transforms the World
Chapter 13: Giving Back
Chapter 14: Criminal Justice Reform: Everyone's Responsibility