From Mountains to Oceans: The Prison Narratives of Behrouz Boochani

Biography ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 724-735
Author(s):  
Özlem Belçim Galip
Keyword(s):  
Prison Narratives

Revisiting Trauma: Wounds Seen and Unseen in Canadian and Indian Prison Narratives

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 16-30
Author(s):  
Lavanya Dalal
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Trauma ◽  
Prison System ◽  
Psychological Effects ◽  
Trauma Studies ◽  
Prison Narratives ◽  
The Past ◽  
A Site

Trauma Studies and Prison Narratives have emerged over the past few decades as the most significant fields in the humanities. There has been a significant discussion regarding the psychological effects of incarceration; however, literature examining prison as a site of trauma is unusual. Focusing on Iftikhar Gilani's My Days in Prison (2005) and Yvonne Johnson and Rudy Wiebe's Stolen Life: The Journey of a Cree Woman (1998), the article analyzes how prison narratives represent prison as a violent space that inflicts trauma in its characters. These prison narratives represent Yvonne Johnson, the prisoner in Stolen Life, and Gilani as victims of acute psychological trauma faced due to the sheer viciousness of the prison system. The article also concentrates on how the prison experience is both similar and different in Canada and India.    

The Prison Narratives of Jeanne Guyon

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 307-308
Author(s):  
C. L. Chappell
Keyword(s):  
Prison Narratives

Sex in Prison: Exploring the Myths and Realities

1995 ◽  
Vol 75 (4) ◽  
pp. 413-430 ◽  
Author(s):  
CHRISTINE A. SAUM ◽  
HILARY L. SURRATT ◽  
JAMES A. INCIARDI ◽  
RACHAEL E. BENNETT
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behavior ◽  
Mass Media ◽  
Treatment Program ◽  
Sexual Contact ◽  
Institutional Research ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Prison Narratives ◽  
Sexual Activities ◽  
Male Inmates

Prison narratives, mass media, and conclusions drawn from institutional research have fostered a perception of widespread “homosexual rape” in male penitentiaries. However, studies of sexual contact in prison have shown inmate involvement to vary greatly. To explore the nature and frequency of sexual contact between male inmates in a Delaware prison, the authors administered a survey of sexual behavior. Respondents were questioned extensively about sexual activities that they engaged in, directly observed, and heard about “through the grapevine” prior to their entry into a prison treatment program. Findings indicate that (a) although sexual contact is not wide-spread, it nevertheless occurs; (b) the preponderance of the activity is consensual rather than rape; and (c) inmates themselves perceive the myth of pervasive sex in prison, contradicting their own realities.

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