Home free? The (after)effects of imprisonment on women's bodies, physical and mental health and identity.

As women's prison populations grow in Canada and around the world, more women are exposed to carceral practices which use disciplinary techniques to shape them into 'docile bodies.' Although intended to shape women's minds, these processes also have marked effects on female bodies. Using a Foucauldi...

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Publicado en:Aporia Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 6 - 18
Autores principales: Shantz L, Frigon S
Formato: research Journal Article
Publicado: University of Ottawa, School of Nursing Jan2010
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