Behind bars : Latino/as and prison in the United States / edited by Suzanne Oboler.

Other author Oboler, Suzanne.
Format Book
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Descriptionviii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Supplemental ContentTable of contents only
Subjects

Contents "Viviendo en el olvido-- " : behind bars : Latino/as and prison in the United States / Suzanne Oboler -- Latinas/os and U.S. prisons : trends and challenges / José Luis Morín -- Pursuant to deportation : Latinos and immigrant detention / David Manuel Hernández -- "Nuestras vidas corren casi paralelas" : chicanos, independentistas, and the prison rebellions in Leavenworth, 1969-72 / Alan Eladio Gómez -- The racial politics of youth crime / Victor M. Rios -- Caught in the net : language and cultural resistance among Latina adolescents in juvenile detention / Laurie Schaffner -- Lost votes, lost bodies, lost jobs : the effects of mass incarceration on Latino civic engagement / Juan Cartagena -- Checkpoint in Montebello : inciting riots, up against the wall, and earning the right to be on the street with signs that say "retén" / Mercedes Victoria Castillo -- The interpreter as a bridge : language issues in Chicago's Cook County jail / Laura E. Garcia -- Interpreting after the largest ICE raid in U.S. history : a personal account / Erik Camayd-Freixas -- Waste is a terrible thing to mind / Dicxon Valderruten -- Closing the gap : mentoring Latina students to reach out to incarcerated Latinas / Marcia Esparza -- Latino visual culture behind bars : artistic inspiration and redemption within the bowels of despair / Victor Alejandro Sorell -- "Troubadour of justice" : an interview with raúlrsalinas / Alan Eladio Gómez -- Peltier I/peltier II / raúlrsalinas -- "Estoy como cuero de jicotea, que ni las balas me pasan" : an interview with Rafael Cancel Miranda / Gabriel Torres Rivera -- La alegría de tener vergüenza / Rafael Cancel Miranda -- Chicana(o)/Latina(o) prisoners : ethical and methodological considerations, collaborative research methods, and case studies / Juanita Díaz-Cotto -- Toward a Pinta/o human rights? New and old strategies for Chicana/o prisoner research and activism / B.V. Olguín.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009021747
ISBN0230619495 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780230619494 (alk. paper)
ISBN023061924X
ISBN9780230619241

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Joyner General Stacks HV9471 .B394 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold