From Criminal to Rehabilitated Prison Reformer: Gradual Identity Transformation in Charles McGregor's Prison Autobiography "Up from the Walking Dead"

This article examines how social roles are narratively constructed in Charles McGregor’s prison autobiography Up from the Walking Dead“ (1978) and investigates which significance the protagonist’s prison experiences have for this process. The construction of a criminal role which is reinforced by th...

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Main Author: Katharina Matuschek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Regensburg: Current objectives in postgraduate American studies c/o Universität Regensburg/Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik 2018-05-01
Series:Current Objectives of Postgraduate American Studies
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Online Access:https://copas.uni-regensburg.de/index.php/copas/article/view/290
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