Convict Voices: Women, Class and Writing about Prison in Nineteenth-Century England
- Submitting institution
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Edinburgh Napier University
- Unit of assessment
- 27 - English Language and Literature
- Output identifier
- 1111515
- Type
- A - Authored book
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- Publisher
- University of New Hampshire Press
- ISBN
- 978-1611686722
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2014
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- Yes
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Double-weighted statement
- This 290-page monograph analyses a wide range of sources, including reformatory writings, popular fiction and canonical novels, archival materials (19th-century execution broadsides; early 20th-century prison letters and diaries), prison autobiographies and neo-Victorian fiction. Exploring the complexities of (ex-)prisoners’ voices and the gendered and classed dynamics of their mediation, the book draws on and contributes to critical-theoretical frameworks in literary studies, feminist and historical criminology, (auto)biographical studies and social/cultural history. By examining the representation of prisoners' voices across different media, cultural and institutional contexts, the study offers original insights into previously neglected sources and new perspectives on better known texts.
- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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