Literacy Experiences of Formerly Incarcerated Women - Sentences and Sponsors

Informationen zum Autor Melanie N. Burdick is associate professor of English and director of the Center for Teaching Excellence and Learning at Washburn University. Klappentext This book depicts results from narrative research involving four formerly incarcerated women and how they used literacy experiences to reconfigure their identities, overcome stigma, and gain control over their lives. The author discusses issues including literacy and motherhood, prison libraries, and transitions from prison to college classrooms. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Acknowledgments Preface Part I Chapter 1Stories and Sponsors: Narrative Inquiry and Literacy Sponsorship of Formerly Incarcerated Women Chapter 2Literacies of Transitioning, Power, and Owning the Story Chapter 3"Because Our World is Very Small": Prison Libraries and Librarians Chapter 4Mothering Through Literate Acts: Facebook, Texts, and the "Happiest Thing Ever" Chapter 5Three Dimensional Landscapes of Formerly Incarcerated Women's Literacy Narratives Part II Chapter 6 Listening to Diane: One Woman's Prison to School Pipeline Chapter 7 Narrating and Owning a College Student Identity Chapter 8 From Finding an Academic Home to "Feeling Untethered" Chapter 9 Opening the Gates: Narratives from Diane's Professors Chapter 10 Seeing Through the Sentences and Into the Stories Bibliography About the Author

Product details

• Authors: Melanie N. Burdick
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2023
• EAN: 9781793615251
• ISBN: 978-1-79361-525-1
• No. of pages: 148
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, EDUCATION / Non-Formal Education, Literary studies: general, Educational strategies & policy, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Educational strategies and policy, Rehabilitation of offenders