Narratives of conversion and coercion : American prison life writing since 1945
In this dissertation, I consider the relationship between the rhetoric of conversion that informs the American prison system and the pervasive use of the conversion narrative in the life writing of American prisoners. I argue that ever since the first penitentiary opened its gates at the beginnin...
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Language: | English |
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University of British Columbia
2010
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/29635 |