A Theory of Life in the Round.

Chatman, Elfreda A.

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ERIC Number: EJ595527

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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A Theory of Life in the Round.

Chatman, Elfreda A.

Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v50 n3 p207-17 1999

Examines the role of information and theories of "life in the round" through a study of ways in which inmates at a maximum-security prison for women in Neuse City (North Carolina) redefine their social world to survive incarceration. Findings from ethnographic research and interviews with 80 women at the prison revealed that a life in the round was sustaining a "normative" existence. (AEF)

Descriptors: Correctional Institutions, Criminals, Ethnography, Females, Intergroup Relations, Prisoners, Social Psychology, Social Structure, Social Theories, Sociocultural Patterns

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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