Behind bars : Latino/as and prison in the United States / edited by Suzanne Oboler.
| Other author | Oboler, Suzanne. |
| Format | Book |
| Edition | 1st ed. |
| Publication Info | New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009. |
| Description | viii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Supplemental Content | Table 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 note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2009021747 |
| ISBN | 0230619495 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780230619494 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 023061924X |
| ISBN | 9780230619241 |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | HV9471 .B394 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |