{"product_id":"womens-house-of-detention-a-queer-history-of-a-forgotten-prison","title":"Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eWomen's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eHugh Ryan\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781645036661\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eBold Type Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2022\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e368\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis \"crucial\" (The Advocate) and \"compelling\" (BuzzFeed) history of a prison, and the queer women and trans people held there, is a window into the policing of queerness and radical politics in the twentieth century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Women's House of Detention, a landmark that ushered in the modern era of women's imprisonment, is now largely forgotten. But when it stood in New York City's Greenwich Village, from 1929 to 1974, it was a nexus for the tens of thousands of individuals who inhabited its crowded cells. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Historian Hugh Ryan reconstructs the little-known lives of these incarcerated New Yorkers, making a uniquely queer case for prison abolition--and demonstrating that by queering the Village, the House of Detention helped define queerness for the rest of America. From the lesbian communities forged through the Women's House of D to the turbulent prison riots that presaged Stonewall, this is the story of one building and much more: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired. \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Bold Type Books","offers":[{"title":"Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison | Hugh Ryan | Hardcover | 9781645036661 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks E 1761124","offer_id":49229603766424,"sku":"1761124","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/51J4jqiZCTL.jpg?v=1781219828","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/womens-house-of-detention-a-queer-history-of-a-forgotten-prison","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}