The Rhetoric of Resistance to Prison Education: How the "War on Crime" Became the "War on Criminals"

by Adam Key

Overview

This book explores the discourse and rhetoric that resists and opposes postsecondary prison education.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032039596
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	01/29/2024
Series:	NCA Focus on Communication Studies
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Adam Key is Assistant Professor of Communication at the University of Arkansas at Monticello, USA. He spent most his early career teaching in Texas prisons. His research concerns the rhetorical, discursive, and mediated construction of deviance, particularly within the education system.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. The Prison Classroom; 2. Kids Before Cons?; 3. Shawshank Irredeemable; 4. Convictism; 5. The X On Your Back