What do you think about when you hear the word prison? Most people correlate the term with criminals and the prisons/jails they are housed in. My blog will expand that term to involve women as female criminals in real prisons and also the metaphorical prisons that society, gender, age, and other factors create. This blog will take an in-depth look at women's prison writing from a critical and analytical perspective through books and films that are able to enhance the issue from a variety of perspectives. The books focused on will include The Dress Lodger, Where are you Going? Where have you been?, Alias Grace and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. Not only will this blog delve into women's prisons literary works, but also a movie that I feel are indicative of women's imprisonment, Girl Interrupted. My blog entries will not only analyze works based on women's prisons, but will also call out to my viewers for their input on the topic through discussion questions that I will post in each section. Starting now.....
1. The word Prison---what are the first things that you think of when you hear that term?
2. What kinds of women's prisons can you think of? Why are they considered "prisons"?
