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If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry: The Occupational Humor of White Wisconsin Prison Workers - Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
Claire Schmidt
If You Don't Laugh You'll Cry: The Occupational Humor of White Wisconsin Prison Workers - Folklore Studies in a Multicultural World
Claire Schmidt
Few people understand what it is like to work in corrections. Claire Schmidt, whose extended family includes three generations of Wisconsin prison workers, introduces readers to penitentiary officers and staff as they share stories, debate the role of corrections in American racial politics and social justice, and talk about the important function of humor in their jobs.
256 pages, 1 map
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | July 30, 2017 |
ISBN13 | 9780299313500 |
Publishers | University of Wisconsin Press |
Pages | 256 |
Dimensions | 152 × 231 × 20 mm · 520 g |
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