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Wall Tappings Women's Prison Writings, 200 A. D. to the Present

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ISBN-10: 1558612734

ISBN-13: 9781558612730

Edition: 2nd 2002

Authors: Judith A. Scheffler

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Speaking from settings as diverse as a Roman prison cell in 203 AD, the labor camps of Siberia in the 1930s, and a Philippines prison in the 1980s, the women writers in Wall Tappings explore the emotional experience of prison life and discover the ways in which incarceration mirrors women's traditional imprisonment within society. Wall Tappings takes the remarkable and at times horrifying words of these women, who have been rejected and condemned by society, and offers a challenge to break down the wall that separates us from the often feared and ignored population of women prisoners. "These are the marginal texts in a tradition of marginal texts," writes Judith A. Scheffler in introducing…    
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Book details

List price: $18.95
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York
Publication date: 3/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 329
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.144

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
'Preserve the remembrance of what I was': Vindication of Self
Memoirs of her imprisonment in Paris, 1793
Memoirs of her imprisonment in Egypt, 1981
Poems from her imprisonment in Manila, 1984-86
Writings from a model prison AIDS program, 1998
'We were stronger afterward than before': Transcendence Through Causes and Beliefs Beyond the Self
Excerpt from 'The Passion of Saint Perpetua,' Christian martyred in Carthage, 203
Narrative of her imprisonment by the Inquisition in Malta, 1661
Letters from her imprisonment by the Nazis in Berlin, 1942-44
Poems and testimonies from prison camps in Chile, 1970s
Testimony of her imprisonment with Baha'i women executed in Iran, 1982-83
'Don't forget, you are a prisoner': Prison Conditions and Deprivations
Memoirs of her imprisonment in England, 1951
Memoirs of her imprisonment in South Africa, 1976-82
Poems from her imprisonment in New York City, 1970s
Poems from her imprisonment in Oklahoma, 1994-2000
Poems and prose from her imprisonment in Pennsylvania and Delaware, 1975 to the present
'I have all the passion of life': Psychological Survival Through Communication and Relationships
Memoirs of her imprisonment in Russia, 1883-1904
Memoirs of her imprisonment in Russia, 1937-55
Poems from her imprisonment in West Virginia, 1954-79
Memoris of her imprisonment in Malaysia, 1980-90
Stories based on her experiences in United States prisons, 1988-92
'No person and no family exists in isolation': Family Relationships and Motherhood in Prison
Excerpt from her diary of her imprisonment in Washington, D.C., 1865
Memoirs of her imprisonment in Eritrea, 1975-76
Prose and poems from her secret imprisonment in Argentina, 1977
Memoris of her imprisonment in New Jersey and West Virginia, 1973-79
Play excerpt and poems from her imprisonment in New York, 1980-99
'I sense the great weight of the society/pressing down on the little box of room I lie in/alone/forgotten/like my sisters in prison': Solidarity with Other Women
Memoirs of her imprisonment in England, 1910
Sketches of cellmates from the Tombs prison, New York City, 1918
Poems from her imprisonment in Connecticut, 1970-71
Poems from her imprisonment in Alabama and California, 1964-65, 1968-71, 1972-73
Poems from her imprisonment in California, 1985 to the present
Story based on her experiences in United States prisons
Connections Among Women Prison Writers
An Annotated Bibliography of Writings by Women Prisoners
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