Reading is my window books and the art of reading in women's prisons

Reading is my window : books and the art of reading in women's prisons / Megan Sweeney.

Author/creator	Sweeney, Megan, 1967-
Format	Electronic and Book
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Description	xvi, 332 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)	Women prisoners--United States --Books and reading. Books and reading. African American women--Books and reading. African American women--Study and teaching (Higher)

Contents	Tell me what you read, I will tell you what you are : reading and education in U.S. penal history -- The underground book railroad : material dimensions of reading -- Between a politics of pain and a politics of pain's disavowal -- Fear of books : reading urban fiction -- To set the captives free : self-help reading practices -- Encounters : the meeting ground of books -- Conclusion. This really isn't a rehabilitation place : policy considerations.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-323) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2009032387
ISBN	9780807833520 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807833525 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN	9780807871003 (pbk : alk. paper)
ISBN	0807871001 (pbk : alk. paper)

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