The story within us [electronic resource] : women prisoners reflect on reading / edited by Megan Sweeney.

2024-05-17T23:04:38Z

by Sweeney, Megan, 1967-
Call Number 365.43092273 23
Publication Date 2012
Summary The Story Within Us: Women Prisoners Reflect on Reading features in-depth, oral interviews with eleven incarcerated women, each of whom offers a narrative of her life and her reading experiences within prison walls. The women share powerful stories about their complex and diverse efforts to negotiate difficult relationships, exercise agency in restrictive circumstances, and find meaning and beauty in the midst of pain. Their shared emphases on abuse, poverty, addiction, and mental illness illuminate the pathways that lead many women to prison and suggest possibilities for addressing the profound social problems that fuel crime. _x000B__x000B_Framing the narratives within an analytic introduction and reflective afterword, Megan Sweeney highlights the crucial intellectual work that the incarcerated women perform despite myriad restrictions on reading and education in U.S. prisons. These women use the limited reading materials available to them as sources of guidance and support and as tools for self-reflection and self-education. Through their creative engagements with books, the women learn to reframe their own life stories, situate their experiences in relation to broader social patterns, deepen their understanding of others, experiment with new ways of being, and maintain a sense of connection with their fellow citizens on both sides of the prison fence._x000B_
Format: Electronic Resources
Click here to view

Reading is my window : books and the art of reading in women's prisons / Megan Sweeney.

2024-05-17T23:04:38Z

by Sweeney, Megan, 1967-
Call Number 365.66 22
Publication Date 2010
Summary Sweeney examines how incarcerated women read three popular genres of books-- narratives of victimization, urban crime fiction, and self-help books--to come to terms with their pasts, negotiate their present experiences, and reach toward different futures. She outlines the history of reading and education in U.S. prisons, highlighting how the increasing dehumanization of prisoners has resulted in diminished prison libraries and restricted opportunities for reading.
Format: Electronic Resources
Click here to view Click here to view

Search Results for vegan - Narrowed by: Sweeney, Megan, 1967-

The story within us [electronic resource] : women prisoners reflect on reading / edited by Megan Sweeney.

Reading is my window : books and the art of reading in women's prisons / Megan Sweeney.