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Can't Catch a Break
Susan Starr Sered, Maureen Norton-Hawk
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University of California Press 
Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Pädagogik
Beschreibung
Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston,
Can’t Catch a Break documents the day-to-day lives of forty women as they struggle to survive sexual abuse, violent communities, ineffective social and therapeutic programs, discriminatory local and federal policies, criminalization, incarceration, and a broad cultural consensus that views suffering as a consequence of personal flaws and bad choices. Combining hard-hitting policy analysis with an intimate account of how marginalized women navigate an unforgiving world, Susan Sered and Maureen Norton-Hawk shine new light on the deep and complex connections between suffering and social inequality.
As an additional teaching tool, instructors can find updates about the women in
Can't Catch a Break on Susan's blog at
http://susan.sered.name/blog/category/cant-catch-a-break/.
Kundenbewertungen
human condition, day to day lives, ineffective programs, american prison system, drugs, urban sociology, gender studies, therapeutic programs, welfare, prison system, bad choices, prison, civic, social inequality, social programs, discriminatory politics, boston, violence in society, criminalization, violent communities, women, mass incarceration, personal flaws, discrimination, sexual abuse, class and gender, american studies, drug abuse, cultural studies, personal responsibility, incarceration, local and federal government