Breaking women: gender, race, and the new politics of imprisonment

Abstract

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Searching for Red's Self Part I: The End of Rehabilitation1 Getting Tough on Women: How Punishment Changed 2 Taking Over: The Private Company in the Public Prison 3 From Good Girls to Real Criminals: Race Made Visible Part II: The Practice of Habilitation4 The Eyes Are Watching You: Finding the Real Self 5 Diseased Women: Crack Whores, Bad Mothers, and Welfare Queens Part III: Contesting the Boundaries of Self6 Rentin' Out Your Head: Navigating Claims about the Self 7 Unruly Selves: Forms of Prisoner Resistance Conclusion: What If the Cure Is Worse Than the Disease? Notes Bibliography Index About the Author