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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Edited by Erica Rhodes Hayden and Theresa R. Jach - Contributions by Telisha Dionne Bailey; Ilse Denisse Catalan; Hilary L. Coulson; Brett Josef Derbes; L. Mara Dodge; Erica Rhodes Hayden; Theresa R. Jach and Breea C. Willingham
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Introduction Erica Rhodes Hayden and Theresa R. Jach Part I: Nineteenth-Century Prisons Chapter 1: "Secret Horrors": Enslaved Women and Children in the Louisiana State Penitentiary 1833-1862 Brett Josef Derbes Chapter 2: "In the Care of the Supposed Powerful State": Women and Children in the Virginia Penitentiary 1800-1883 Hilary L. Coulson Chapter 3: "Letters from Inside: Prison Writings from Eastern State Penitentiary in the 19th Century " Erica Rhodes Hayden Part II: The Progressive Era Chapter 4: "I thought if I got a chance I would do it": Sexual Negotiation by Black Women Convicts in Texas 1875-1915 Theresa R. Jach Chapter 5: "I Beg for Your Mercy": The Business of Black Women's Bodies in the Carceral State 1880s-1960s Telisha Dionne Bailey Part III: Twentieth-Century Experiences and Current Issues Chapter 6: Discipline Resistance and Social Control at the Illinois State Reformatory for Women 1930-62 L. Mara Dodge Chapter 7: Making Mothers: Teaching the Virtues of Motherhood at Westfield Reformatory 1950s-1960s Ilse Denisse Catalan Chapter 8: "It's a Way to Get Out of Prison": Writing and Teaching in Women's Prisons Breea C. Willingham
Introduction Erica Rhodes Hayden and Theresa R. Jach Part I: Nineteenth-Century Prisons Chapter 1: "Secret Horrors": Enslaved Women and Children in the Louisiana State Penitentiary 1833-1862 Brett Josef Derbes Chapter 2: "In the Care of the Supposed Powerful State": Women and Children in the Virginia Penitentiary 1800-1883 Hilary L. Coulson Chapter 3: "Letters from Inside: Prison Writings from Eastern State Penitentiary in the 19th Century " Erica Rhodes Hayden Part II: The Progressive Era Chapter 4: "I thought if I got a chance I would do it": Sexual Negotiation by Black Women Convicts in Texas 1875-1915 Theresa R. Jach Chapter 5: "I Beg for Your Mercy": The Business of Black Women's Bodies in the Carceral State 1880s-1960s Telisha Dionne Bailey Part III: Twentieth-Century Experiences and Current Issues Chapter 6: Discipline Resistance and Social Control at the Illinois State Reformatory for Women 1930-62 L. Mara Dodge Chapter 7: Making Mothers: Teaching the Virtues of Motherhood at Westfield Reformatory 1950s-1960s Ilse Denisse Catalan Chapter 8: "It's a Way to Get Out of Prison": Writing and Teaching in Women's Prisons Breea C. Willingham
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