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Reading Is My Window: Books and the Art of Reading in Women's Prisons Megan Sweeney New edition
Reading Is My Window: Books and the Art of Reading in Women's Prisons
Megan Sweeney
Examines how incarcerated women use available reading materials to come to terms with their pasts, negotiate their present experiences, and reach toward different futures. This title analyzes how prisoners read three genres: narratives of victimization, urban crime fiction, and self-help books.
360 pages, 10 illustrations, 4 figures, 3 tables, notes, bibliography, index
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | February 15, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807871003 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 352 |
| Dimensions | 234 × 157 × 26 mm · 532 g |
| Language | English |