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Prison Writing of Latin America by Joey Whitfield is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Prison Writing of Latin America about?

"What happens inside Latin American prisons? How does the social organisation of prisoners relate to the political structures beyond the walls? Is it possible to resist corrupt penal regimes? In Prison Writing of Latin America, Joey Whitfield turns to those best placed to answer these questions: people who have been imprisoned themselves. Drawing on a century of material produced by Latin American prisoners from Mexico, Cuba, Costa Rica, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia and Brazil, Whitfield weaves readings of novels, memoirs and testimonial texts with social and political analysis. Rather than distinguishing between dictatorial and democratic periods of government, he shows that from the point of view of the prisoner, all states are authoritarian in nature. In the face of oppression, however, prisoners both 'political' and 'criminal' have found ways not only to resist but also to create alternative communities both real and imagined, sometimes in collaboration with each other."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Who reads Prison Writing of Latin America?

Author

Joey Whitfield

Publisher

Bloomsbury Academic & Professional

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9781501361708

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, History, Literary Fiction

Updated

2026-03-25