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Motherhood Confined : Maternal Health in English Prisons, 1853-1955 / Rachel E. Bennett.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bennett, Rachel E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pregnancy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- The book is the first extensive historical examination of motherhood in English prisons. It addresses the challenges mothers and babies have historically posed to prison systems not designed with their containment and the management of their health in mind.
- Contents:
- List of figures
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Contesting women's health in the prison system
- 2 Maternity care in prison
- 3 Mothering in a carceral space
- 4 Born in prison: a heritage of woe?
- Conclusion
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5261-6680-1
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