The culture of punishment : prison, society, and spectacle / Michelle Brown.

By: Brown, Michelle, 1971- [author.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Alternative criminology seriesPublisher: New York, New York : New York University Press, [2009]Copyright date: 2009Description: 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrationsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780814739044 (e-book)Subject(s): Punishment -- Social aspects | Imprisonment -- Social aspects | Prisons -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Culture of punishment : prison, society, and spectacle.DDC classification: 303.3/6 LOC classification: HV8756 | .B76 2009Online resources: Click to View
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 : Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror -- Prison science : of faith and futility -- Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 : Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror -- Prison science : of faith and futility -- Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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