Caged Women Incarceration, Representation, & Media
ISBN
9781138297395
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
2018
Subjects
Social justice, Anti-racism, Women prisoners -- Psychology -- Case studies, Sex discrimination in criminal justice administration, Sentences (Criminal procedure) -- United States
Abstract
The Netflix series Orange is the New Black has drawn widespread attention to many of the dysfunctions of prisons and the impact prisons have on those who live and work behind the prison gates. This anthology deepens this public awareness through scholarship on the television program and by exploring the real-world social, psychological, and legal issues female prisoners face. Each chapter references a particular connection to the Netflix series as its starting point of analysis.
The book brings together scholars to consider both media representations as well as the social justice issues for female inmates alluded to in the Netflix series Orange is the New Black. The chapters address myriad issues including cultural representations of race, class, gender, and sexuality; social justice issues for transgender inmates; racial dynamics within female prisons; gender and female prison structures/policies; treatment of women in prison; re-incarcerated and previously incarcerated women; self and identity; gender, race, and sentencing; and reproduction and parenting for female inmates.
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/26633
Citation Details
Jackson, S. A., & Gordy, L. L. (Eds.). (2018). Caged Women: Incarceration, Representation, & Media. Routledge.