Unruly Women : The Politics of Confinement and Resistance
Unruly Women : The Politics of Confinement and Resistance | Rare and modern books | Faith, Karlene
Unruly Women : The Politics of Confinement and Resistance
Unruly Women : The Politics of Confinement and Resistance | Rare and modern books | Faith, Karlene
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Details
- Year of publication
- 1995
- ISBN
- 088974050x
- Place of printing
- Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Author
- Faith, Karlene
- Publishers
- Press Gang Publishers
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
- Edition
- Reprint
- Keyword
- Female Offenders Sex Role Feminist Theory Criminology 337 pages, including index. Challenges misconceptions of 'deviant' women, and investigates the many ways by which women transgress social, order. Critically examines patterns of female crimes and Punis, Women's Issues
- Binding description
- S Paperback
- State of preservation
- Very Good
- Languages
- English
- Binding
- Softcover
- First edition
- False
Description
337 pages including index. Challenges misconceptions of 'deviant' women and investigates the many ways by which women transgress social order. Critically examines patterns of female crimes and punishments, from the witch hunts to the present; institutionalized violence against incarcerated women; women loving women in prison; Native women's acts of resistance; Hollywood's formulaic women-in-prison films; and the revolutionary Santa Cruz Women's Prison Project (1972-76) which Author co-founded. Moderate wear. Drop of soiling to fore-edge else clean and unmarked. Sound working copy. Book