Incarcerated Women: A History Of Struggles, Oppression, And Resistance In American Prisons - 9781498542111

This collection examines the history of the experience of female inmates in American prisons from the early nineteenth century to the twenty-first century. The contributors analyze women's efforts to exert agency and control over their bodies and experiences, issues of race and class, and how women's experiences differed from those of male inmates.

• | Author: Erica Rhodes Hayden|Theresa R. Jach, Erica Rhodes Hayden
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 06, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 202 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1498542115
• | ISBN-13: 9781498542111