For dear life : women's decriminalization and human rights in focus / Carol Jacobsen ; foreword by Lucy R. Lippard ; with essays by Amanda Alexander [and 15 others] ; with letters, narrations, and contributions by anonymous [and 58 others].

Author: Jacobsen, Carol (Artist)
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2019.
Copyright Date: ©2019
Physical Description: xiii, 198 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm

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Contents

Machine generated contents note: 1.From One Prison... -- From One Prison...(1992--95) -- Essay: Sidonie Smith and Kay Schaffer, "Life Sentences: The Plight of Women Inmates" -- Violet and Judith (1995) -- Essay: Lynn D'Orio, "Battered Women's Clemency Project Issues Call for Justice" -- 2.Protests and prostitutes' Rights -- Prostitutes' Rights (1985--2019) -- Essay: Carole S. Vance, "Feminist Fundamentalism: Women against Images" -- Essay: Marjorie Heins, "A Public University's Response to Students' Censorship of an Art Exhibit" -- Censorious (2005) -- Courtroom (2019) -- 3.Clemency -- Clemency (1992--99) -- Essay: Amanda Alexander and Caitlin Mitchell, "Representing Incarcerated Parents" -- 3 on a Life Sentence (1998) -- Essay: Maryann Wilkinson, "3 on a Life Sentence" -- 4.Segregation Unit -- Segregation Unit (1999--2000) -- Essay: Ruby Tapia, "As a Human Being, Answer Me!': Jamie Whitcomb's Solitary Demand" -- 5.Sentenced -- Sentenced; Beyond the Fence (2001--4) -- Essay: Nina Felshin, "Sentenced" -- Essay: Sally Berger, "Carol Jacobsen: Women's Voices from Behind the Fence" -- 6.Conviction -- Prison Diary (2004--6) -- Essay: Rebecca Jordan-Young, "Prison Diary" -- Conviction (2004--6) -- Essay: Wendy Kozol, "Conviction" -- 7.Files on the History of Justifiable Homicide -- Justifiable Homicide (2005--12) -- Essay: Betti-Sue Hertz, "Files on the History of Justifiable Homicide" -- Nightclub Girl in a Curfew Town (2012) -- Our First Clemencies (2008--10) -- 8.Mistrials -- Mistrial (2008--11) -- Essay: Patricia Zimmerman, "Framed/Reframed/Framing: Time Like Zeros" -- 9.Life on Trial -- Life on Trial (2012--18) -- Essay: Regina Austin, "The Mistrial of Stacy Barker" -- For Dear Life (2013--17) -- EPILOGUE -- Freedom Days -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Sources Cited and Recommended for Further Reading -- Credits -- Film/Video and Photography Credits -- News Media Credits.

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9780472073924 hardcover ; alkaline paper
0472073923 hardcover ; alkaline paper
9780472053926 paperback ; alkaline paper
0472053922 paperback ; alkaline paper

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Includes bibliographical references and filmography.

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