@article{1457334,
      recid = {1457334},
      author = {Mac Giolla Chriost, Diarmait,},
      title = {Welsh writing, political action and incarceration :  Branwen's Starling /},
      pages = {1 online resource (245 pages) :},
      abstract = {"Welsh Writing, Political Action and Incarceration  examines the prison literature of certain iconic Welsh  authors whose political lives and creative writings are  linked to ideas about Wales and the Welsh language. Through  this case study, the author interrogates the nature of  political activism and social movements, including the use  of violence and non-violent approaches to protest. Also  examined are the function and significance of variations in  literary form, style and language in this prison literature  along with the motivations driving each of these prison  authors and the effects of their texts on their readers -  their community outside of prison, and upon society more  widely. This work successfully challenges orthodox  perspectives on this body of prison literature. In adopting  a case study approach the author universalizes the Welsh  experience, drawing insights from international research on  prison literature, the political science of protest and the  sociology of language"--},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1457334},
}