Unruly Women: The Politics of Confinement and Resistance

by Karlene Faith

Book Overview

Winner of the VanCity Book Prize, Unruly Women: The Politics of Confinement & Resistance is the seminal book about women's imprisonment that helped spark examinations around the world into the special circumstances women face in prison, as well as the sex and gender crimes that get them there. Most women who are incarcerated do not pose a danger to society but transgress patriarchal, capitalist norms that seek to control their bodies and choices,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609801377
• ISBN13: 9781609801373
• Release Date: July 2011
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.0"