The criminal child : selected essays
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Shirlington - Adult Nonfiction364.36 GENETChecked OutApril 10, 2024

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Published
New York : New York Review Books, [2020].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
121 pages : illustration ; 21 cm.
Language
English

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 118-121).
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"The Criminal Child offers the first English translation of a key early work by Jean Genet. In 1949, in the midst of a national debate about improving the French reform-school system, Radiodiffusion Française commissioned Genet to write about his experience as a juvenile delinquent. He sent back a piece that was a paean to prison instead of the expected horrifying exposé. Revisiting the cruel hazing rituals that had accompanied his incarceration, relishing the special argot spoken behind bars, Genet bitterly denounced any improvement in the condition of young prisoners as a threat to their criminal souls. The radio station chose not to broadcast Genet's views." -- back cover

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Genet, J. (2020). The criminal child: selected essays . New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Genet, Jean, 1910-1986. 2020. The Criminal Child: Selected Essays. New York Review Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Genet, Jean, 1910-1986. The Criminal Child: Selected Essays New York Review Books, 2020.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Genet, Jean. The Criminal Child: Selected Essays New York Review Books, 2020.

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