A compelling look at the crisis of disadvantaged women This
powerful document takes a sobering look at the phenomenon of
marginalized women pushed to the edges of society, holding on with
the barest of hope and extraordinary bravery. Handicapped by the
increasing societal inequality they face as an everyday fact of
life, these women (and in many cases, their children) have been
disconnected from the mainstream for reasons of age, race, gender,
health, incarceration, domestic abuse, unwanted pregnancy,
unemployment, and economic circumstance. They are poor in an
affluent society, powerless in a powerful nation, and the suffering
caused by their exclusion is poignant and troubling.Eloquently
illustrated with poetry, art, and prose created by marginalized
women, Women at the Margins: Neglect, Punishment, and Resistance
makes a compelling argument for social change. The book offers a
no-holds-barred look at how economic restructuring, welfare reform,
neo-conservative ideology, and institutional exclusion have locked
women into subservient, substandard roles, stripping them of their
citizenship and rendering them expendable. Diverse authors track
the life cycle of marginalized women, from teenage pregnancy to the
lonliness of older women in poverty or prison.Women at the Margins:
Neglect, Punishment, and Resistance addresses: the effects of
welfare reform the forgotten group: women in prison and jail
low-income women and housing women marginalized by substance abuse,
poverty, and incarceration teenage pregnancy children and their
incarcerated mothers recidivism and reintegration women, law, and
the justice system and much more Women at the Margins: Neglect,
Punishment, and Resistance acknowledges the long history of the
inequality faced by women living in exclusion but focuses on the
present with a hopeful but realistic eye toward the future. It is
an indispensible resource for sociology, social work, legal and
penal system professionals, and academics, and an essential read
for everyone.
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