{"product_id":"four-unruly-women-stories-of-incarceration-and-resistance-from-canadas-most-notorious-prison-hardback-9780774838870","title":"Four Unruly Women; Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada's Most Notorious Prison (Hardback) 9780774838870","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFour Unruly Women\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eStories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada's Most Notorious Prison\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eTed McCoy (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780774838870\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 March 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e156 pages, 8 b\u0026amp;w photos\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm, 0.44 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough Ted McCoy's Four Unruly Women is a short and accessibly written text—and, therefore, an excellent teaching resource!—it also offers a meticulously researched and multilayered analysis of four women, all imprisoned at the notorious Kingston Penitentiary (KP) at different times, for a revealing glimpse into the gendered pains of imprisonment over the course of a century (1838–1934).\u003c\/p\u003e - Amanda Glasbeek (Histoire social\/Social History) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eFour Unruly Women: Stories of Incarceration and Resistance from Canada's Most Notorious Prison\u003c\/em\u003e provides an in-depth understanding of women's resistance in Canada and the subjugation of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Mohammed Jahirul Islam, Carleton University (Canadian Journal of Law and Society) \u003cp\u003eThis book honours Bridget Donnelly, Charlotte Reveille, Kate Slattery and Emily Boyle by bringing their disturbing stories to light.\u003c\/p\u003e - Ann Hansen (Herizons)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eBridget Donnelly. Charlotte Reveille. Kate Slattery. Emily Boyle. Until now, these were nothing but names marked down in the admittance registers and punishment reports of Kingston Penitentiary, Canada's most notorious prison. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this shocking and heartbreaking book, Ted McCoy tell these women's stories of incarceration and resistance in poignant detail. The four women served sentences at different times between 1835 and 1935, but they shared experiences that illuminate how those most marginalized in society – the poor, the sick, and the disadvantaged – reckoned with poverty and crime and grappled with the constraints placed on them by shifting notions of punishment and reform.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe inhumanity they suffered while locked away from male prisoners in dark basement wards – from starvation and corporal punishment to sexual abuse and neglect – stands as profoundly disturbing evidence of the hidden costs of isolation, punishment, and mass incarceration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Seeking Unruly Women \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 Bridget's Life Sentence\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Charlotte's Moral Insanity\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Alias Kate\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Emily's Maternal Ideal\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfterword: Seeing Unruly Women \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"UBC Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52531072041240,"sku":"9780774838870","price":55.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/four-unruly-women-stories-of-incarceration-and-resistance-from-canadas-most-notorious-prison-hardback-9780774838870","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}