Recovering Identity

Criminalized Women's Fight for Dignity and Freedom

Cesraéa Rumpf

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University of California Press
07 July 2023

Gender studies, gender groups; Sociology; Crime & criminology; Gender & the law

"A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press's Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more.

Recovering Identity examines a critical tension in criminalized women's identity work. Through in-depth qualitative and photo-elicitation interviews, Cesraéa Rumpf shows how formerly incarcerated women engaged recovery and faith-based discourses to craft rehabilitated identities, defined in opposition to past identities as ""criminal-addicts."" While these discourses made it possible for women to carve out spaces of personal protection, growth, and joy, they also promoted individualistic understandings of criminalization and the violence and dehumanization that followed. Honoring criminalized women's stories of personal transformation, Rumpf nevertheless strongly critiques institutions' promotion of narratives that impose lifelong moral judgment while detracting attention from the structural forces of racism, sexism, and poverty that contribute to women's vulnerability to violence.

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By: Cesraéa Rumpf
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 363g
ISBN: 9780520376991
ISBN 10: 0520376994
Pages: 232
Publication Date: 07 July 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Cesraéa Rumpf is Associate Director of Gender and Women's Studies at the University of Illinois Chicago.

Reviews for Recovering Identity: Criminalized Women's Fight for Dignity and Freedom

"""Recovering Identity is essential reading for anyone who, like Rumpf, believes that 'it should not be this hard' for criminalized women to return to society and who is committed to seeking that change."" * Gender & Society *"