Can't Catch a Break

Gender, Jail, Drugs, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility

von Maureen Norton-Hawk, Susan Starr Sered

232 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can't Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate account of how marginalized women navigate an unforgiving world, Susan Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk shine new light on the deep and complex connections between suffering and social inequality.

As an additional teaching tool, instructors can find updates about the women in Can't Catch a Break on Susan's blog at http: //susan.sered.name/blog/category/cant-catch-a-break/.

• Reihe: University of California Press
• ISBN: 9780520282780
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 12.09.2014
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: UCAL POD