Story Within Us Women Prisoners Reflect on Reading

Name: Story Within Us Women Prisoners Reflect on Reading
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ISBN: 9780252078675

ISBN-10: 0252078675

ISBN-13: 9780252078675

Edition: 2012

Authors: Megan Sweeney

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The Story Within Us: Women Prisoners Reflect on Readingfeatures 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. Framing the narratives within an analytic introduction and…

Book details

List price: $27.00
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 9/11/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 6.15" wide x 9.25" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.474
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: "All us women have a story within us"



Mildred


Life Narrative: "Society is coming to prison"


Reading Narrative: "I have discovered a love for the law"



Sissy


Life Narrative: "There's a time to be silent, and there's a time not to"


Reading Narrative: "If you can't relate to it, then read about it"



Olivia


Life Narrative: "It was a bad road that I was on"


Reading Narrative: "If I'm going through a struggle, I know that's the book to go find"



Denise


Life Narrative: "I can't even imagine my day without a mall"


Reading Narrative: "Who is this writing books that knows the things I know?!"



Bobbie


Life Narrative: "I've been overcoming all my life"


Reading Narrative: "Everybody don't end up with a prince"



Melissa


Life Narrative: "They're trying to brainwash me and rebuild me"


Reading Narrative: "From her life story to mine is not that much difference"



Valhalla


Life Narrative: "I've been like a ball that someone threw and I've been bouncing around ever since"


Reading Narrative: "The books I've read are like my friends"



Jacqueline


Life Narrative: "I refuse to be another statistic"


Reading Narrative: "I wanted his strength to jump out of the pages into my life!"



Audrey


Life Narrative: "That's a chapter that's closed"


Reading Narrative: "What fueled this fire for the fire to come all the way over to here?"



Deven


Life Narrative: "Society, it's a boys' club still"


Reading Narrative: "I need to know what's gonna happen next!"



Solo


Life Narrative: "That's a soul that you're stepping on"


Reading Narrative: "Freedom for me was an evolution, not a revolution"


Afterword: True Stories about Prison


Appendix: Study-Related Materials


Notes


Bibliography


Index