Fathering behind bars: testimonio and the Prison Industrial Complex
| dc.contributor.author | Martinez, Ashley V., author | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bubar, Roe, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Cespedes, Karina, advisor | |
| dc.contributor.author | Montoya, Fawn-Amber, committee member | |
| dc.contributor.author | Vigil, Patricia, committee member | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2016-08-18T23:10:13Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-08-17T06:30:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Chicano boy and girls are twice more likely to go to prison than grow up with their fathers compared to their White counter parts. This is due to the Prison Industrial Complex, a term used to identify how government and industry work together to implement systems that oppress and marginalize "undesirable" citizens through surveillance, policing and confinement. The Prison Industrial Complex is a tool of power used to marginalize and displace Chicano men as fathers leaving over 2.3 percent of children of Latino descent to be raised with a father behind bars.' The research questions guiding this study are: 1) How does incarceration affect Chicano fathers and their relationships with their families/communities? 2) How does spirituality affect how Chicana/os experience incarceration and perceptions of fathering; and 3) How do Chicano fathers understand what experiences led to their incarceration? This research project utilized interviews in the form of testimonio and extensive document data in the form of personal correspondences to explore the experiences of incarceration for Chicano fathers. A non-probability (purposive) sample was used for the document data and the 4 semi-structured interviews of formerly incarcerated Chicano fathers. A basic qualitative design and approach was used to analyze the document data. The purpose of this project was to expose how the P.I.C. empowered by Governmentality works to displace Chicano men as fathers. To also facilitate a theory on fathering from "behind bars" and to validate the use of testimonio as methodology in this under-researched area. Finally, to challenge traditional means of parenting and to validate the different forms parenting from behind bars can emerge. | |
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| dc.format.medium | masters theses | |
| dc.identifier | Martinez_colostate_0053N_13693.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10217/176660 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Colorado State University. Libraries | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | 2000-2019 | |
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| dc.title | Fathering behind bars: testimonio and the Prison Industrial Complex | |
| dc.type | Text | |
| dcterms.embargo.expires | 2018-08-17 | |
| dcterms.embargo.terms | 2018-08-17 | |
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| thesis.degree.discipline | Ethnic Studies | |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Colorado State University | |
| thesis.degree.level | Masters | |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Arts (M.A.) |
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