The story within us [[electronic resource] ] : women prisoners reflect on reading / / edited by Megan Sweeney

• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.43092273
• Soggetto topico: Women prisoners - Books and reading - United States; Books and reading; African American women - Books and reading
• Altri autori: SweeneyMegan <1967->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""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 Narrative: ""I wanted his strength to jump out of the pages into my life!""""; ""9 Audrey Life Narrative: ""That's a chapter that's closed""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""What fueled this fire for the fire to come all the way over to here?""""; ""10 Deven Life Narrative: ""Society, it's a boys' club still""""; ""Reading Narrative: ""I need to know what's gonna happen next!""""; ""11 Solo Life Narrative: ""That's a soul that you're stepping on"""" ; ""Reading Narrative: ""Freedom for me was an evolution, not a revolution""""""Afterword: ""True Stories about Prison""""; ""Appendix: Study-Related Materials""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
• Titolo autorizzato: The story within us
• ISBN: 1-283-71436-1; 0-252-09425-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786355003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II