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Author Mondé, Geniece Crawford, 1983- author.

Title This is our freedom : motherhood in the shadow of the American prison system / Geniece Crawford Mondé
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 193 pages)
Contents Introduction -- Marginalized from the beginning -- Love, baby and chaos -- Crime, agency and post-carceral narratives -- The duality of marginalized motherhood -- The project of rehabilitation : the duality of place and people -- Conclusion : the unasked question
Summary "For the overwhelming majority of women leaving correctional institutions in the United States, there is one aspect of their identity that informs their needs, opportunities, hopes, and dreams: their roles as mothers. This Is Our Freedom provides an intimate and moving portrait of women's journeys prior to and after incarceration. In interviews with seventy formerly incarcerated mothers, Geniece Crawford Mondé captures how women reframe their marginalized identity and place themselves at the center of their own stories. With incisive analysis, Mondé reveals the complex ways that motherhood shapes post-incarceration life, while highlighting how the lasting legacy of mass incarceration continues to impact society's most vulnerable members"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 14, 2022)
Subject Mothers -- United States -- Interviews
Women ex-convicts -- United States -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology
Mothers
Women ex-convicts
United States
Genre/Form Interviews
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021050537
ISBN 9780520380745
0520380746