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The Queer World of Prison : International and Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2026 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Thomas, Scott.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--Sociological aspects.
- Sexual minority criminals--Social conditions.
- Sexual minority criminals.
- Prisons.
- Homophobia in criminal justice administration.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- This book critically examines the global experiences of LGBTQIA+ people in prison, exposing hidden harms and advocating for inclusive, trauma-informed reforms through a compelling and accessible narrative.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Declaring our positionalities
- The rationale for the book
- Content of the chapters
- Our approach to writing
- Fugitive methods
- Why fugitive autoethnography?
- Prisons in cross-cultural and transnational contexts
- Thinking about transitions
- The Thomas and Glazzard Wheel of Queer Transitions
- 1 Queer Criminology
- In conversation
- Research, literature and theory
- A brief history
- Queer incarceration: a critical analysis of theoretical frameworks and concepts surrounding LGBTQIA+ prisoners
- Theoretical foundations
- Queer theory
- Intersectionality
- Critical criminology
- Lived experiences of LGBTQIA+ prisoners
- Discrimination and violence
- Mental health and psychosocial needs
- Healthcare access and gender-affirming treatment
- Institutional and legal frameworks
- Prison Rape Elimination Act
- Human rights violations
- Legal mobilization and reform
- Toward transformative justice
- Abolitionist perspectives
- Community support and re-entry
- Queering identities
- Queer researchers doing queer research
- Ethical considerations
- A note about language
- LGBTQIA+ transitions
- Summary
- 2 Global Comparisons of LGBTQIA+ Prisoners' Experiences of Incarceration
- Transitions
- Hypermasculinity
- Legislation and policy
- Physical and mental health
- Transgender prisoners
- Global experiences of LGBTQIA+ prisoners: a critical analysis
- Theoretical frameworks
- Healthcare and psychosocial needs
- Legal and human rights frameworks
- Regional comparisons.
- Advocacy and reform
- 3 Sociological Perspectives: Queering and Queers in Prison
- Queering vulnerability
- Queer theory and queering identity
- Queer agency
- Gender and masculinity
- Queering sex
- Queering desistance
- Crip-queer perspectives
- Health transitions
- 4 Psychological Perspectives
- Queer stress
- Minority stress
- General strain theory
- Trans and gender diverse prisoners
- Queer transitions
- Self-esteem
- Queer resilience
- Critical psychology
- 5 Philosophical and Post-Human Perspectives
- Foucault: surveillance and power
- Power as productive
- Foucault's 'box of tools'
- Power and resistance
- Deleuze and Guattari's concepts
- Rhizomes
- Desire
- 6 Implications of the Transitions Framework
- Linear transitions
- Multiple transitions
- Physical transitions
- Social transitions
- Cultural transitions
- Psychological transitions
- Multi-dimensional transitions
- Conclusion
- Our final reflections
- Key points
- Queering cultures
- Queering the environment
- Queering spaces
- Queering the education space
- Queering desire
- Physical, social, cultural and psychological transitions
- Queering leadership
- Final points
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5292-5354-3
- 9781529253542
- OCLC:
- 1584488682
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