Breaking women [electronic resource] : gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment / Jill A. McCorkel.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : New York University Press, [2013] 2015)Description: 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages )ISBN:- 9780814789483
- 081478948x
- 365/.6082 23
- HV6791 .M383 2013
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-261) and index.
Getting tough on women: how punishment changed -- Taking over: the private company in the public prison -- From good girls to real criminals: race made visible -- The eyes are watching you: finding the real self -- Diseased women: crack whores, bad mothers, and welfare queens -- Rentin' out your head: navigating claims about the self -- Unruly selves: forms of prisoner resistance -- Conclusion: what if the cure is worse than the disease?
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