Mothers behind bars: defining and redefining self

The central focus of this thesis is an exploration of how mothers in prison construct a sense of self as mothers according to motherhood ideologies and reconstruct this sense of self as a result of imprisonment. The study, informed by feminist poststructuralism, shows how relations of power/knowledg...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Berikoff, Ahna
Other Authors: Pacini-Ketchabaw, Maria Veronica
Language:English
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Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/2136