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Literacy experiences of formerly incarcerated women : sentences and sponsors / Melanie N. Burdick.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burdick, Melanie N., 1970- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women ex-convicts--Books and reading.
- Women ex-convicts.
- Women ex-convicts--Social conditions.
- Literacy.
- Social conditions.
- Books and reading.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 131 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, [2021]
- Summary:
- "This book depicts results from narrative research involving four formerly incarcerated women and how they used literacy experiences to reconfigure their identities, overcome stigma, and gain control over their lives. The author discusses issues including literacy and motherhood, prison libraries, and transitions from prison to college classrooms"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Literate Acts and Narratives of Power Seized, Claimed, Relinquished, Denied
- 1. Stories and Sponsors: Narrative Inquiry and Literacy Sponsorship of Formerly Incarcerated Women
- 2. Literacies of Transitioning, Power, and Owning the Story
- 3. "Because Our World Is Very Small": Prison Libraries and Librarians
- 4. Mothering through Literate Acts: Facebook, Texts, and "My Happiest Thing Ever"
- 5. The Three-Dimensional Landscapes of Formerly Incarcerated Women's Literacy Narratives
- pt. II Layered Narratives and Sponsorships: Diane's Prison to College Identities
- 6. Listening to Diane: One Woman's Prison to School Pipeline
- 7. Narrating and Owning a College Student Identity
- 8. From Finding an Academic Home to "Feeling Untethered"
- 9. Opening the Gates: Narratives from Diane's Professors
- 10. Seeing through the Sentences and into the Stories.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lipman Criminology Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Burdick, Melanie N., 1970- Literacy experiences of formerly incarcerated women
- ISBN:
- 9781793615237
- 1793615233
- OCLC:
- 1240575430
- Publisher Number:
- 99987741694
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