Razor Wire Women: Prisoners, Activists, Scholars, and Artists (SUNY series in Women, Crime, and Criminology)

__Collection of essays and art by scholars, artists and activists both in and out of prison that reveal the many dimensions of women's incarcerated experiences.__ 3x Denied / Dawna (lessie) Brown -- Ruth Snyder / Malaquias Montoya -- From Representations To Resistance: How The Razor Wire Binds Us / Jodie Michelle Lawston -- I. Girls, Women, And Families : Missing / Ricky A. Taylor ; Historical Contextualization / Jodie Michelle Lawston ; The Voice Of Silence / Je'anna Redwood ; Doing Time In Detention Home: Gendered Punishment Regimes In Youth Jails / Brian Bilsky And Meda Chesney-lind ; Healer: A Monologue From The Play Doin' Time: Through The Visiting Glass / Ashley E. Lucas ; Incarcerated Women: Motherhood On The Margins / Barbara Bloom And Marilyn Brown ; Doing Time With Mom: A Nonfiction Essay / Shirley Haviland-nakagawa ; Asfa And The Impact On Imprisoned Migrant Women And Their Children / Martha Escobar ; Carceral State, Cultural Stake: Women Behind American Bars And Beyond / Trangdai Glassey-tranguyen --^ Ii. Sexuality, Health, And Abuse : Bound / Joanie Estes-rodgers ; Historical Contextualization / Jodie Michelle Lawston ; The Prison Mentality / Jane Dorotik ; If I Wasn't Suicidal, That'll Drive You To It: Women, Jail, And Mental Health / Angela Moe ; Patiently Waiting / Jen Myers ; Caged Innocence / Patricia K. Thorn ; Transgender Women, Sexual Violence, And The Rule Of Law: An Argument In Favor Of Restorative And Transformative Justice / Linda Heidenreich ; Prison Rape / Johanna Hudnall ; From Women Prisoners To People In Women's Prisons: Challenging The Gender Binary In Antiprison Work / Julia Sudbury ; Giving The Voiceless A Voice / Renita Phifer --^ Iii. Education, Writing, And The Arts : Caught Up On The Whirlwind / Valencia C. ; Historical Contextualization / Ashley E. Lucas ; Connie Convicta And Vato Emiliano Comics / Ana Lucia Gelabert ; Inside-out: The Reaches And Limits Of A Prison Program / Simone Weil Davis ; Desiree / Leslie Levitas ; Restorytive Justice: Theater As A Redressive Mechanism For Incarcerated Women / Sara Warner ; On Visual Politics And Poetics: Incarcerated Girls And Women Artists / Jillian Hernandez ; Hope In A Box: Sanity Sold Separately / Sisters Of Unique Lyrics (soul) ; The Life Inside: Incarcerated Women Represent Themselves Through Journalism / Eleanor Novek -- Identifying Marks: What The Razor Wire Hides / Ashley E. Lucas. Edited By Jodie Michelle Lawston And Ashley E. Lucas. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Collection of essays and art by scholars, artists and activists both in and out of prison that reveal the many dimensions of women’s incarcerated experiences. Offering nuanced portraits of women’s lives inside razor wire and prison walls, Razor Wire Women puts incarcerated women in dialogue with scholars, artists, educators and activists who live outside of prisons but work on issues connected to the prison industrial complex. Women make up the fastest-growing group of the U.S. prison population, yet prison scholarship largely overlooks the struggles of incarcerated women, and their voices are often silenced both in and out of the prison infrastructure. From the vantage points of those both inside and outside of prisons, this collection of essays and art illuminates many of the distinct experiences and concerns of incarcerated women, including those of girls in prison, abuse and rape, the policing of women, incarcerated motherhood, mental health issues in prisons, incarcerated women’s artistic and cultural production, and prisons’ impact on families, health, and sexuality. Combining the transcendence, hope and clarity of art with powerful analytical and conceptual tools, Razor Wire Women reveals the gendered dimensions of the incarceration now experienced by a growing number of women in the U.S. Jodie Michelle Lawston is Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies at California State University San Marcos and the author of Sisters Outside: Radical Activists Working for Women Prisoners, also published by SUNY Press. Ashley E. Lucas is Assistant Professor of Dramatic Art at the University of North Carolina and the author and performer of the play Doin’ Time: Through the Visiting Glass. Offering nuanced portraits of women's lives inside razor wire and prison walls, Razor Wire Women puts incarcerated women in dialogue with scholars, artists, educators, and activists who live outside of prisons but work on issues connected to the prison industrial complex. Women make up the fastest-growing group within the U.S. prison population, yet prison scholarship largely overlooks the struggles of incarcerated women, and their voices are often silenced both in and out of the prison infrastructure. From the vantage points of those both inside and outside of prisons, this collection of essays and art illuminates many of the distinct experiences and concerns of incarcerated women, including abuse and rape; the policing of women; incarcerated motherhood; mental health issues in prisons; incarcerated women's artistic and cultural production; and prisons' impact on families, health, and sexuality. Combining the transcendence, hope, and clarity of art with powerful analytical and conceptual tools, Razor Wire Women reveals the gendered dimensions of incarceration in the United States This book puts incarcerated women in dialogue with scholars, artists, educators, and activists who live outside of prisons but work on issues connected to the prison industrial complex. Women make up the fastest-growing group within the U.S. prison population, yet prison scholarship largely overlooks the struggles of incarcerated women, and their voices are often silenced both in and out of the prison infrastructure. From the vantage points of those both inside and outside of prisons, this collection of essays and art illuminates many of the experiences and concerns of incarcerated women, including abuse and rape; the policing of women; incarcerated motherhood; mental health issues in prisons; incarcerated women's artistic and cultural production; and prisons' impact on families, health, and sexuality