The Resource Prison life writing : conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system, Simon Rolston
Prison life writing : conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system, Simon Rolston
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The item Prison life writing : conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system, Simon Rolston represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "The first full-length study of prison life writing, this book shows how the autobiographical literature of incarcerated people is consistently based on a conversion narrative, the same narrative that underpins prison rehabilitation. By demonstrating how prison life writing interlocks with institutional power, the book challenges conventional preconceptions about writing behind bars. And yet, imprisoned people often use the conversion narrative like they repurpose other objects in prison: much like the radio motor retooled into a tattoo gun, the conversion narrative is often redefined to serve subversive purposes like questioning the supposed emancipatory role of prison writing, critiquing white supremacy, and reconfiguring what can be said in autobiographical discourse. An interdisciplinary work that brings life writing scholarship into conversation with prison studies and law and literature studies, Prison Life Writing theorizes how life writing works in prison, explains literature's complicated entanglements with institutional power, and demonstrates the political and aesthetic innovations of one of America's most controversial literary genres."--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
-
- Life Writing In The Contemporary Carceral State: Writing My Wrongs, A Place To Stand, And The Making Of A "Better Human Being"
- ch. 5
- "Love Is Contraband In Hell": Women's Prisons, Life Writing, And Discourses Of Sexuality In Assata And An American Radical
- Machine generated contents note:
- ch. 1
- Conversion And The Story Of The Us Prison
- ch. 2
- Treatment Era: African American Prison Life Writing And The Prison Conversion Narrative In George Jackson's Soledad Brother And James Carr S Bad
- ch. 3
- From The Treatment Era To The Monster Factory: Carl Panzram's And Jack Henry Abbott's Anticonversion Narratives And The Dawn Of Mass Incarceration
- ch. 4
- Isbn
- 9781771125185
- Label
- Prison life writing : conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system
- Title
- Prison life writing
- Title remainder
- conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Rolston
- Title variation
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- Conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system
- Conversion and the literary roots of the United States prison system
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The first full-length study of prison life writing, this book shows how the autobiographical literature of incarcerated people is consistently based on a conversion narrative, the same narrative that underpins prison rehabilitation. By demonstrating how prison life writing interlocks with institutional power, the book challenges conventional preconceptions about writing behind bars. And yet, imprisoned people often use the conversion narrative like they repurpose other objects in prison: much like the radio motor retooled into a tattoo gun, the conversion narrative is often redefined to serve subversive purposes like questioning the supposed emancipatory role of prison writing, critiquing white supremacy, and reconfiguring what can be said in autobiographical discourse. An interdisciplinary work that brings life writing scholarship into conversation with prison studies and law and literature studies, Prison Life Writing theorizes how life writing works in prison, explains literature's complicated entanglements with institutional power, and demonstrates the political and aesthetic innovations of one of America's most controversial literary genres."--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- NhCcYBP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1977-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Rolston, Simon
- Dewey number
- 810.9/9206927
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PS153.P74
- LC item number
- R65 2021
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- ProQuest (Firm)
- Series statement
- Life writing series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Prisoners' writings, American
- Prisoners
- Prisoners in literature
- Prisons in literature
- Conversion in literature
- Prisons
- Label
- Prison life writing : conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system, Simon Rolston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Life Writing In The Contemporary Carceral State: Writing My Wrongs, A Place To Stand, And The Making Of A "Better Human Being"
- ch. 5
- "Love Is Contraband In Hell": Women's Prisons, Life Writing, And Discourses Of Sexuality In Assata And An American Radical
- Machine generated contents note:
- ch. 1
- Conversion And The Story Of The Us Prison
- ch. 2
- Treatment Era: African American Prison Life Writing And The Prison Conversion Narrative In George Jackson's Soledad Brother And James Carr S Bad
- ch. 3
- From The Treatment Era To The Monster Factory: Carl Panzram's And Jack Henry Abbott's Anticonversion Narratives And The Dawn Of Mass Incarceration
- ch. 4
- Control code
- MSTDDA28681776
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781771125185
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Prison life writing : conversion and the literary roots of the U.S. prison system, Simon Rolston
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Life Writing In The Contemporary Carceral State: Writing My Wrongs, A Place To Stand, And The Making Of A "Better Human Being"
- ch. 5
- "Love Is Contraband In Hell": Women's Prisons, Life Writing, And Discourses Of Sexuality In Assata And An American Radical
- Machine generated contents note:
- ch. 1
- Conversion And The Story Of The Us Prison
- ch. 2
- Treatment Era: African American Prison Life Writing And The Prison Conversion Narrative In George Jackson's Soledad Brother And James Carr S Bad
- ch. 3
- From The Treatment Era To The Monster Factory: Carl Panzram's And Jack Henry Abbott's Anticonversion Narratives And The Dawn Of Mass Incarceration
- ch. 4
- Control code
- MSTDDA28681776
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781771125185
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
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