If the walls could speak : inside a women's prison in communist Poland / Anna Müller.
2017
HV9715.7 .M85 2017
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Title
If the walls could speak : inside a women's prison in communist Poland / Anna Müller.
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ISBN
9780190499891 (electronic book)
Published
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
HV9715.7 .M85 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification
365.4508209438
Summary
This work focuses on the lives of women in prison in postwar communist Poland and how they took on different roles and personalities to protect themselves and create a semblance of normality, despite abuses and prison confinement. The author reveals how life in a Stalinist prison adds to our understanding of coercion and resistance under totalitarian regimes.
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This work focuses on the lives of women in prison in postwar communist Poland and how they took on different roles and personalities to protect themselves and create a semblance of normality, despite abuses and prison confinement. The author reveals how life in a Stalinist prison adds to our understanding of coercion and resistance under totalitarian regimes.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on October 19, 2017).
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Print version: 9780190499860
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