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Living sentences and writing lines: Peering over the razor wire and through the opaque windows to examine themes in prisoner’s writing in Canada Smith, Barbara

Abstract

This study examined, through narrative analysis, published prison writing, focusing on how the authors of these writings describe their lives both before and in prison and how, through such writing, prisoners articulate a sense of their identities. The goal of this study was to highlight the value of these narrations to gain a deeper understanding of prisoners’ experiences.

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Living sentences and writing lines: Peering over the razor wire and through the opaque windows to examine themes in prisoner’s writing in Canada
Creator
Smith, Barbara
Date Issued
2014-04-12
Description
This study examined, through narrative analysis, published prison writing, focusing on how the authors of these writings describe their lives both before and in prison and how, through such writing, prisoners articulate a sense of their identities. The goal of this study was to highlight the value of these narrations to gain a deeper understanding of prisoners’ experiences.
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. EDST 590
Date Available
2014-04-16
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada
DOI
10.14288/1.0055431
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/46476
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ca/
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Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 Canada