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Resistance Behind Bars : The Struggles of Incarcerated Women
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Law, Victoria.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Female offenders--Effect of imprisonment on.
- Women prisoners.
- Local Subjects:
- Female offenders--Effect of imprisonment on.
- Women prisoners.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (321 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Other Title:
- Resistance behind bars
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland : PM Press, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Victoria Law is a writer, photographer, and prisoner rights supporter. She helped initiate NYC Books Through Bars, a group that sends free books to prisoners nationwide, and she writes articles and gives public presentations about the needs of women in prison. Since 2002 she has worked with women incarcerated nationwide to produce Tenacious: Art and Writings from Women in Prison and has facilitated having incarcerated women's writings published in larger publications. She is the coeditor of Don't Leave Your Friends Behind.
- Contents:
- Cover; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Author's Introduction; Overview; Unlikely Communities; Barriers to Basic Care; Mothers and Children; Sexual Abuse; Education; Women's Work; Grievances, Lawsuits and the Power of the Media; Breaking the Silence; Resistance among Women in Immigrant Detention Centers; Some Historical Background; Glossary; Resources; Recommended Reading; A Note on Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Gender-Variant People in Prison (NEW); Epilogue (NEW); Notes; Index; Acknowledgments
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 9781604867909
- 1604867906
- 9781604867886
- 1604867884
- OCLC:
- 811505056
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