Title:
The culture of punishment : prison, society, and spectacle / Michelle Brown.
Author:
Brown, Michelle, 1971-
Publication Information:
New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, ©2009.
Call Number:
HV8756 .B76 2009
Abstract:
Analyzes social aspects of prison, covering various theories about the role and function of punishment in society in the United States, including how the culture of imprisonment carries over into everyday life through television shows, movies, prison tourism, and other avenues, and examines the negative impact of penal spectatorship.
ISBN:
9780814799994
9780814791004
Series:
Alternative criminology series
Alternative criminology series.
Physical Description:
viii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Introduction : notes on becoming a penal spectator -- Prison theory : engaging the work of punishment -- Prison iconography : regarding the pain of others -- Prison tourism : the cultural work and play of punishment -- Prison portents : Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror -- Prison science : of faith and futility -- Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment.
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