Rencontres littéraires en prison ou comment voyager de l’ombre à la lumière

Frigon, Sylvie

doi:10.7202/1029351ar

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“…Physical leisure covers sports and physical activities like weight training (see Martinez-Merino et al 2017;Woods, Breslin, and Hassan 2017). Artistic leisure includes writing, arts, crafting, theatre, choir, and other creative endeavors (see Cohen 2009;Dewey et al 2019;Finio 1986;Frigon 2015;Johnson 2008;Leeder and Wimmer 2007;Lucas, Fiche, and Concilio 2019;Merriam, B. 1998;Nugent and Loucks 2011;Ridha 2018).…”

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“…Rigid and mandatory addiction treatment programs were experienced as unsafe and as inhibiting women's healing (Pollack 2009). Return to daily prison life after a dance workshop can be difficult for trauma survivors, especially when guards act in a dehumanizing manner (Frigon 2014). Lack of women staffing a prison's fitness center was a barrier to involvement: indeed, violence survivors and women who preferred not to be around men for cultural motives had no alternatives (Meek and Lewis 2014).…”

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“…Esposito 2015;Frigon 2014;Jenny and Frigon 2012;Meek and Lewis 2014;Ozano 2008;Woods, Breslin, and Hassan 2017;Auty, Cope, and Liebling 2017;Bartels, Oxman, and Hopkins 2019). Indigenous women's ceremonies have spiritual, but also physical and psychological benefits by fostering holistic healing(Yuen 2011).…”

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Rethinking Incarcerated Women's Leisure as Subjected to Coercive and Normative Prison Missions

Rouleau

2020

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Definitions of leisure often rely on elements of agency such as free time or freedom of choice yet have been called into question by feminist theorists due to women’s unequal access to leisure. Leisure as a concept is further troubled within prison as this setting relies on restricting agency and women therein are viewed as lacking agency. I thus ask: What do we know about leisure in prison, especially women’s prisons? What is it, what does it do, and who is it for? I review empirical, theoretical, and gray literature on leisure in prison to clarify the current state of knowledge. Building on sociologies of prison and of leisure, I define leisure in prison by distinguishing nature, terminology, and types. I present leisure practices in (women’s) prisons by considering individual involvement, organizational conceptions, and benefits on both levels. I then present individual, organizational, and social issues concerning leisure in (women’s) prisons. I conclude by discussing gaps in knowledge and identifying future areas of inquiry, namely into apprehending leisure as a dynamic whole within women’s prisons. (Publication First by Frontiers Media)

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Rethinking Incarcerated Women's Leisure as Subjected to Coercive and Normative Prison Missions

Rouleau

2020

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“…Physical leisure covers sports and physical activities like weight training (see Martinez-Merino et al, 2017 ; Woods et al, 2017 ). Artistic leisure includes writing, arts, crafting, theater, choir, and other creative endeavors (see Finio, 1986 ; Merriam, 1998 ; Leeder and Wimmer, 2007 ; Johnson, 2008 ; Cohen, 2009 , 2019 ; Nugent and Loucks, 2011 ; Frigon, 2015 ; Ridha, 2018 ; Dewey et al, 2019 ; Lucas et al, 2019 ). Indigenous ceremonies, spiritual, or religious practices in prison are grouped as cultural or spiritual leisure (see Desaulniers Turgeon, 2010 ; Duwe, 2017 ; Snodgrass, 2019 ).…”

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Rethinking Incarcerated Women's Leisure as Subjected to Coercive and Normative Prison Missions

Rouleau

2020

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Leisure is commonly understood as contributing to well-being; this is especially appealing when considering multiply marginalized populations such as incarcerated women. However, leisure is not impervious to cooptation by less benevolent social processes. In this conceptual analysis, I argue that incarcerated women's leisure must be rethought as a component of its environment and by extension, as subjected to coercive and normative prison missions. After broadly delineating incarcerated women's leisure, I determine that some characteristics of leisure can be compatible with these prison missions. I then examine individual, organizational, and social benefits and issues with leisure in women's prisons. I link these practices to reduced coerciveness and increased normativity. I conclude by suggesting that ensuring incarcerated people's well-being through leisure is not in itself an end, but a means to achieve prison's coercive and normative ends. I discuss implications for scholars, practitioners, and advocates.

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