Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience (Critical Perspectives on Race, Crime, and Justice)

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While in no way supporting the systemic injustices and disparities of mass incarceration, Gifts from the Dark: Learning from the Incarceration Experience argues that we have much to learn from those who have been and are in prison Schwartz and Chaney profile the contributions of literary giants, social activists, entrepreneurs, and other talented individuals who, despite the disorienting dilemma of incarceration, are models of adult transformative learning that positively impact the world The authors interweave narratives with both qualitative and quantitative research references to analyze the role of solitude, writing, nonverbal communicationrace and genderphysical exerciseeducationtechnologyfamily and parentingand the need to 8220 give back8221that precipitate transformative learning The prison cell becomes a counterspace of metamorphosis In focusing upon how men and women have chosen the worst moments of their lives as a baseline not to define, but to refine themselves, Gifts

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