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Four Unruly Women : Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada's Most Notorious Prison.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (157 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780774838894
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Four Unruly WomenDDC classification:
  • 365/.60820971372
LOC classification:
  • HV9510.K52 .M336 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Seeking Unruly Women -- 1 Bridget's Life Sentence -- 2 Charlotte's Moral Insanity -- 3 Alias Kate -- 4 Emily's Maternal Ideal -- Afterword: Seeing Unruly Women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Filled with stories of pain, regret, and resistance, this chilling account of how four women survived their time at Kingston Penitentiary stands as an indictment of the idea that prisons and punishment are society's answer to crime.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Seeking Unruly Women -- 1 Bridget's Life Sentence -- 2 Charlotte's Moral Insanity -- 3 Alias Kate -- 4 Emily's Maternal Ideal -- Afterword: Seeing Unruly Women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

Filled with stories of pain, regret, and resistance, this chilling account of how four women survived their time at Kingston Penitentiary stands as an indictment of the idea that prisons and punishment are society's answer to crime.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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