"We're Invisible": About Female Prison Space and Gender

The article sets forth various considerations regarding female prison environments from the perspective of feminist geographies, particularly concerning to the concept of gender. The text is divided into two sections. First one includes some theoretical reflections which guided the discussion toward...

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Main Author: Karina Eugenia Fioravante
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Nacional de Colombia 2012-01-01
Series:Cuadernos de Geografía: Revista Colombiana de Geografía
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Online Access:https://revistas.unal.edu.co/index.php/rcg/article/view/30710
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Summary:The article sets forth various considerations regarding female prison environments from the perspective of feminist geographies, particularly concerning to the concept of gender. The text is divided into two sections. First one includes some theoretical reflections which guided the discussion towards female prison spatiality, in order to highlight the fact that the latter is dynamically constituted and is constantly under construction. The second section discusses the everyday life of women imprisoned in the city of Ponta Grossa, Paraná, Brazil, in order to show how that spatiality is permeated and traversed by clear power relations.
ISSN:0121-215X
2256-5442