Can't Catch a Break
eBook - PDF

Can't Catch a Break

  1. 230 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Can't Catch a Break

About this book

Based on five years of fieldwork in Boston, Can't Catch a Brea k 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/.

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Yes, you can access Can't Catch a Break by Prof. Susan Starr Sered, Prof. Maureen Norton-Hawk in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Social Sciences & Criminology. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780520282780
eBook ISBN
9780520958708
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Criminology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CAN’T CATCH A BREAK
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. List of Tables
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction
  10. 1. “Joey Spit on Me”: How Gender Inequality and Sexual Violence Make Women Sick
  11. 2. “Nowhere to Go”: Poverty, Homelessness, and the Limits of Personal Responsibility
  12. 3. “The Little Rock of the North”: Race, Gender, Class, and the Consequences of Mass Incarceration
  13. 4. Suffer the Women: Pain and Perfection in a Medicalized World
  14. 5. “It’s All in My Head”: Suffering, PTSD, and the Triumph of the Therapeutic
  15. 6. Higher Powers: The Unholy Alliance of Religion, Self-Help Ideology, and the State
  16. 7. “Suffer the Children”: Fostering the Caste of the Ill and Afflicted
  17. 8. Gender, Drugs, and Jail: “A System Designed for Us to Fail”
  18. Conclusion: The Real Questions and a Blueprint for Moving Forward
  19. Appendix: Methodology and Project Participant Overview
  20. Notes
  21. References
  22. Index