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Prison stories : women scholars' experiences doing research behind bars / edited by Jennifer A. Schlosser.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Correctional psychology--Research.
- Correctional psychology.
- Criminology--Research.
- Criminology.
- Prisons--Research.
- Prisons.
- Women scholars.
- scholars.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource
- Distribution:
- New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2020.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham : Lexington Books, 2020.
- Summary:
- This anthology looks deeply at women researchers’ personal stories, struggles, and successes within the context of conducting research in the male-dominated sphere of prison studies. Their insights provide an analytical resource from which readers can better understand the context of doing prison research and the theoretical and methodological challenges that come with it. Their autoethnographic stories shed light on the unique issues faced by women prison researchers and provide a roadmap for understanding the novel strategies, methodological landmines, and epistemological challenges for those who will come after them. Their experiences as women investigators are couched in a distinct set of challenges. This book is intended to highlight those researchers’ challenges and also, to celebrate their successes.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Prison Stories
- Prison Stories: Women Scholars' Experiences Doing Research Behind Bars
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Where Do We Belong? Locating Women Prison Researchers in the Literature
- This Is For You: A Note to Our Readers
- The Stories
- References
- Part I: If We Knew Then
- Chapter 1
- The Endlessly Fascinating and Depressing Rabbit Hole of Prisons
- Gender in the Rabbit Hole
- Invader of Male Space
- Defended by Chivalry
- A Mirror to Mothers
- Reflections
- Notes
- Chapter 2
- Reflections on Team Research in Carceral Settings
- INTRODUCTION
- On Method and Formatting
- Thematic Dialogues
- Opening Doors: Gender and Access
- The Little Lady Trope: Manipulating Gender Stereotypes
- Self-Protection and Over-Protection: Being Manipulated
- Learning in Dialogue
- Conclusion
- Chapter 3
- A Woman's Place
- Lessons before the Field
- Lessons from the Field
- Lessons after the Field: Concluding Remarks
- Part II: Locating Ourselves
- Chapter 4
- Cloaked in Liminality
- Root Cause: The Journey to Prison Research
- Musing on Complex (In)competence
- Parking Lot Blues: The Retreat from the Research and Process
- In Vivo: Periods of Fluctuation and Becomingness
- Afterthoughts
- Chapter 5
- "Just Listen, People!"
- A Need for Gender-Specific Epistemology and Critical Evaluation
- Narrative and Qualitative Research
- Narrative Contradictions and Agency
- Narrative and Moral Agents
- Note
- Part III: Blurring the Lines
- Chapter 6
- Complicity and Compassion
- Writing Prompt 1:
- Prompt 2:
- Prompt 3:
- Prompt 4:
- Beyond Writing Prompts
- Toward Reflective Intentional Research Practices behind Bars
- Chapter 7
- Empathy and Identity
- MULTIPLE IDENTITIES: RESEARCHER AND MOTHER
- Exploring the Mother Identity
- Empathy When Researching (Incarcerated) Mothers
- Tools and Tips
- Advice to My Former Self
- Chapter 8
- On the Possibilities of Emotional Praxis for Feminist Prison Research
- PRISON RESEARCH AS BEARING WITNESS
- Navigating the Gendered Dimensions of "Masculine" Research Sites
- The Emotional Flux of Researching in Prison, while Not in a Prison
- Possibilities for Researching Daily Carceral Resistance
- Part IV: What We Know Now
- Chapter 9
- From Captive Audience to Cultural Penology
- Becoming a Prison Scholar
- Finding Humanity in Inhumane Environments
- Gender, Empathy, and Emotion: Staying the Right Side of the Line
- Coming Full Circle: Some Concluding Thoughts
- Chapter 10
- Women in Our Own Right or "Honorary Men"?
- INTRODUCTION: "MOTHER-SISTER POWER" IN PRISONS RESEARCH
- Becoming a Professor
- The Gender-Distorting Power of Modern Universities
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-2293-1
- 1-7936-0061-9
- OCLC:
- 1225549545
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