{"product_id":"the-womens-house-of-detention-a-queer-history-of-a-forgotten-prison-hugh-ryan-paperback","title":"The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison -- Hugh Ryan, Paperback","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\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\/strong\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\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hugh Ryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 5\/9\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 8.2\" H x 5.4\" L x 1.1\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781645036654\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50780243657008,"sku":"9781645036654","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781645036654_6621a408-e146-4c6d-9c0d-7360a9497c18.jpg?v=1774775442","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/the-womens-house-of-detention-a-queer-history-of-a-forgotten-prison-hugh-ryan-paperback","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}