Witness in the era of mass incarceration : discovering the ethical prison /
This book places prison witness at the center of discussions of the human experience of law and order, and of the nature of the rights-bearing person. Readings of canonical and contemporary writers facing incarceration yield abiding literary tropes that chart the path from institutional abjection to...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Madison :
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,
[2017]
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| Series: | Fairleigh Dickinson University Press series in law, culture, and the humanities.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | This book places prison witness at the center of discussions of the human experience of law and order, and of the nature of the rights-bearing person. Readings of canonical and contemporary writers facing incarceration yield abiding literary tropes that chart the path from institutional abjection toward the minimal threshold of personhood. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxi, 163 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-156) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781611479836 1611479835 |
