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UNINA9910462212203321 |
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Titolo |
The story within us [[electronic resource] ] : women prisoners reflect on reading / / edited by Megan Sweeney |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-71436-1 |
0-252-09425-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (290 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Women prisoners - Books and reading - United States |
Books and reading |
African American women - Books and reading |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: ""All us women have a story within us""""; ""1 Mildred Life Narrative: ""Society is coming to prison""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""I have discovered a love for the law""""; ""2 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""""; ""3 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"""" |
""4 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?!""""; ""5 Bobbie Life Narrative: ""I've been overcoming all my life""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""Everybody don't end up with a prince""""; ""6 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""""; ""7 Valhalla Life Narrative: ""I've been like a ball that someone threw and I've been bouncing around e"" |
""Reading Narrative: ""The books I've read are like my friends""""""8 Jacqueline Life Narrative: ""I refuse to be another statistic""""; ""Reading |
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