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This original study of the lives of prisoners' families adds a feminist perspective on the understanding of carceral geography. She relates the testimonies of families as they navigate new challenges, and measures the impact of imprisonment on their emotions, relationships, identities and experiences of spaces, both inside and outside prison.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction: Getting in and setting the scene 2. Feminist geographies and carceral perspectives 3. The artificial home space: place of care or place of confinement? 4. Regulated spaces 5. Spatialities of waiting 6. Surviving the incarceration process: resilience to time 7. Families’ voices: creating a platform for families’ lives

Prisoners Families Emotions and Space

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 28/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9781447358121, 978-1447358121
      ISBN10: 1447358120
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This original study of the lives of prisoners' families adds a feminist perspective on the understanding of carceral geography. She relates the testimonies of families as they navigate new challenges, and measures the impact of imprisonment on their emotions, relationships, identities and experiences of spaces, both inside and outside prison.

      Table of Contents
      1. Introduction: Getting in and setting the scene 2. Feminist geographies and carceral perspectives 3. The artificial home space: place of care or place of confinement? 4. Regulated spaces 5. Spatialities of waiting 6. Surviving the incarceration process: resilience to time 7. Families’ voices: creating a platform for families’ lives

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