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Reading Is My Window: Books and the Art of Reading in Women's Prisons

paperback – February 15, 2010
by Sweeney, Megan
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ISBN-13: 9780807871003 ISBN-10: 0807871001
Publisher
University of North Carolina Press
Binding
paperback
Published
February 15, 2010
Weight
1.1 lbs
Dimensions
23.50×2.20×15.60 cm

About this book

Reading Is My Window: Books and the Art of Reading in Women's Prisons by Sweeney, Megan. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780807871003.

Drawing on extensive interviews with ninety-four women prisoners, 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. Reading is My Window won the 2011 Emily Toth Award for Best Single Work in Womens Studies (Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association), a 2010 PASS Award (National Council on Crime and Delinquency), and an Honorable Mention for the 2011 Gloria E. Anzaldúa Book Award (National Womens Studies Association).