Gifts from the Dark : Learning from the Incarceration Experience.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chaney, John R., 1951- author.

Schwartz, Joni, author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Critical perspectives on race, crime, and justice.

Critical perspectives on race, crime, and justice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imprisonment--Psychological aspects.

Imprisonment.

Transformative learning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (209 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2021.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2021.

Summary:

Without minimizing the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark challenges the mindset of incarceration as a solely one dimensional, deficit event. Instead, this book argues that the prison experience can potentially be one of transformational learning.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Adult Transformative Learning and the Prison Experience

Prison Writing: A Literary Tradition

Incarceration: The Disorienting Dilemma toward Transformation

Transformation: A Brave Act

Understanding the Role of Race and Gender

Learning that Transforms the Self

Sitting with Yourself: Cells of Silence and Solitude

The Organic Intellectual

Higher &amp

Continuing Education: Attracting the Best Students

Exercising Body and Mind: Habits and Flow

Emotional Intelligence and the Prison Experience

Learning in Relation to Others

The Black Family and the Incarceration Experience

The Prison Experience and Technology

Non-Verbal Communication

Learning that Transforms the World

Giving Back

Criminal Justice Reform: Everyone's Responsibility

Index

About the Authors.

ISBN:

1-66699-185-6

1-4985-9171-X

OCLC:

1242021102