Literacy experiences of formerly incarcerated women : sentences and sponsors /: sentences and sponsors. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Melanie N. Burdick.
• Authors: Burdick, Melanie N, 1970-
• Contents: 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
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Lexington Books
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 364.8; Women ex-convicts -- Books and reading; Women ex-convicts -- Social conditions; Literacy
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781793615244
• Related ISBNs: 9781793615237
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.