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"Through the bars of my memory" : prison life writing and the prison movement of the 1970s and 1980s

Title
"Through the bars of my memory" : prison life writing and the prison movement of the 1970s and 1980s / Katharina Matuschek.
Author
Matuschek, Katharina
Publication
  • Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2022]
  • ©2022

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Description
283 pages; 22 cm.
Summary
Through the Bars of My Memory? investigates how prison experiences are remembered and constructed in 40 autobiographical prison texts published during the prison movement of the 1970s and 1980s. It explores how the autobiographers narratively construct their identities in the process of remembering their prison experiences and how the texts position themselves to the prison movement via these identity constructions.0The study demonstrates how the autobiographical texts negotiate the protagonist?s identity to be perceived as a legitimate voice in the prison movement and as a rightful subject of reform efforts thereby participating in the struggles raging over the future of the prison system during that time. The analysis focuses on the construction of collective identification, the negotiation of the label of perpetrator and the construction of victimhood, and the positioning towards rehabilitation through the construction of identity transformation processes.
Series Statement
American studies, 0178-1987 ; volume 319
Uniform Title
American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 319.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Prisoners' writings, American > History and criticism
  • American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Prisoners > United States > Intellectual life > 20th century
  • Criminals' writings, American > History and criticism
  • Prisoners in literature
  • Prisons in literature
  • American literature
  • Criminals' writings, American
  • Prisoners > Intellectual life
  • Prisoners' writings, American
  • Prisoners
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Note
  • Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Regensburg, 2021.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283).
Call Number
JFD 23-1202
ISBN
  • 9783825349523
  • 3825349527
LCCN
9783825349523
OCLC
1334366241
Author
Matuschek, Katharina, author.
Title
"Through the bars of my memory" : prison life writing and the prison movement of the 1970s and 1980s / Katharina Matuschek.
Publisher
Heidelberg : Universitätsverlag Winter, [2022]
Copyright Date
©2022
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
American studies, 0178-1987 ; volume 319
American studies (Munich, Germany) ; v. 319.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-283).
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Other Standard Identifier
9783825349523
Research Call Number
JFD 23-1202
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