Images of incarceration : representations of prison in film and television drama /

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An analysis of the impact of TV on the democratic processes that lead to criminal policy making - Everthing from 'The Shawshank Redemption' to the TV sit-com; how public perceptions of serious social issues are often based on superficial, misleading and sometimes comfortable accounts.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Wilson, David, 1957 April 23-
Otros Autores: O'Sullivan, Sean (Sean V.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Winchester, U.K. : Waterside Press, 2004.
Colección:Prison Film Project.
Temas:
Prison films > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Prison films > United States > History and criticism.
Prisons in mass media.
Television programs > Great Britain > Plots, themes, etc.
Television programs > United States > Plots, themes, etc.
Films de prison > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire et critique.
Films de prison > États-Unis > Histoire et critique.
Prisons dans les médias.
Émissions télévisées > Grande-Bretagne > Intrigues, thèmes, etc.
Émissions télévisées > États-Unis > Intrigues, thèmes, etc.
PERFORMING ARTS > Television > Reference.
Prison films.
Television programs > Plots, themes, etc.
Gefängnis > Motiv
Fernsehsendung
Film
Great Britain.
United States.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : prisons and prison drama
  • Prison film in Britain and America
  • The British prison film revisited
  • Tracking the US penal state : issues and eras
  • Tracking the US penal state : in defence of Hollywood
  • The smaller screen
  • Origins and intentions : in praise of Bad girls
  • Hidden from view : Buried and Ghosts ... of the civil dead
  • Inside the predatory prison : Oz
  • Reform and change
  • On being 'the man' : the prison governor
  • In and around the penal state : escaped and released prisoners
  • Film, television and popular culture : a note.

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