Working for justice : a handbook of prison education and activism / / edited by Stephen John Hartnett, Eleanor Novek, Jennifer K. Wood

• Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2013
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (281 p.)
• Disciplina: 365.6660973
• Soggetto topico: Prisoners - Education - United States; Prisoners - Political activity - United States
• Altri autori: HartnettStephen John NovekEleanor WoodJennifer K
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction: Working for Justice in the Age of Mass Incarceration""; ""Part I. Working on the Inside: The Transformative Potential of Prison Education""; ""Chapter 1 Kings, Warriors, Magicians, and Lovers: Alternative Performances of Masculinity in Prison""; ""Chapter 2. Service-Learning in Prison Facilities: Interaction as a Source of Transformation""; ""Chapter 3. Writing Your Way to Freedom: Autobiography as Inquiry in Prison Writing Workshops"" ; ""Part II. Working on the Outside: Building New Selves and Strong Communities""""Chapter 4. “Courtesy Incarcerationâ€?: Exploring Family Membersâ€? Experiences of Imprisonment""; ""Chapter 5. Serving Time by Coming Home: Communicating Hope through a Reentry Court""; ""Chapter 6. Life After Incarceration: Exploring Identity in Reentry Programs for Wome""; ""Part III. Working on the Media: Representations of Prisons and Prison Activism""; ""Chapter 7. Challenging the Media-Incarceration Complex through Media Education"" ; ""Chapter 8. “Prisoners Rise, Rise, Rise!â€?: Hip Hop as a Ciceronian Approach to Prison Protest""""Part IV. Working on the Futures of Prison Activism""; ""Chapter 9. “A Fate Worse than Deathâ€?: Reform, Abolition, and Life without Parole in Antiâ€?Death""; ""Chapter 10. “People Like Usâ€?: A New Ethic of Prison Advocacy in Racialized America""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: This collection documents the efforts of the Prison Communication, Activism, Research, and Education collective (PCARE) to put democracy into practice by merging prison education and activism. Through life-changing programs in a dozen states (Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin), PCARE works with prisoners, in prisons, and in communities to reclaim justice from the prison-industrial complex.
• Titolo autorizzato: Working for justice
• ISBN: 0-252-09496-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910818246503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II