The Women's House of Detention, a queer history of a forgotten prison, Hugh Ryan
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The Women's House of Detention, a queer history of a forgotten prison, Hugh Ryan
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-357)
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no index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Women's House of Detention
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bibliography
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1264752489
Responsibility statement
Hugh Ryan
Sub title
a queer history of a forgotten prison
Summary
"The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of women, transgender men, and gender-nonconforming people who inhabited its crowded cells. Some of these inmates--Angela Davis, Andrea Dworkin, Afeni Shakur--were famous, but the vast majority were incarcerated for the crimes of being poor and improperly feminine. Today, approximately 40 percent of the people in women's prisons identify as queer; in earlier decades, that percentage was almost certainly higher Historian Hugh Ryan explores the roots of this crisis and reconstructs the little-known lives of incarcerated New Yorkers, making a uniquely queer case for prison abolition--and demonstrating that by queering the Village, the House of D helped defined queerness for the rest of America. From the lesbian communities forged through the Women's House of Detention to the turbulent prison riots that presaged Stonewall, this is the story of one building and much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired"--Provided by publisher
Table Of Contents
Introduction: Jay Toole marks the land -- The prehistory of the Women's House of Detention (1796-1928) -- Psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers : the prison's eyes, ears, and record keepers -- Where the girls are : Greenwich Village & lesbian life -- Rosie the Riveter gets fired -- The long tail of the Drug War -- Flickers of pride -- Conformity and resistance -- The gay crowds -- Queer women get organized -- The city's search for the perfect victim -- Gay lib and Black power
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Queer history of a forgotten prison
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- 1900-1999
- Women prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
- Prison abolition movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Poor women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Reformatories for women -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Women's House of Detention
- Transgender prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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- 1900-1999
- Women prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Greenwich Village (New York, N.Y.)
- Prison abolition movements -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Poor women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
- Reformatories for women -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century
- Women's House of Detention
- Transgender prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions -- 20th century
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