Carceral fantasies : cinema and prison in early twentieth-century America /

A groundbreaking contribution to the study of non-theatrical film exhibition, Carceral Fantasies tells the little-known story of how cinema found a home in the U.S. penitentiary system and how the prison emerged as a setting and narrative trope in modern cinema. Focusing on films shown in prisons be...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Griffiths, Alison, 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, [2016]
Colección:Film and culture.
Temas:
Prisoners > Recreation > United States.
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions.
Motion picture audiences > United States.
Prison films > History and criticism.
Imprisonment in motion pictures.
Prisonniers > Loisirs > États-Unis.
Prisonniers > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
Cinéma > Publics > États-Unis.
Films de prison > Histoire et critique.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
ART > Film & Video.
Imprisonment in motion pictures
Motion picture audiences
Prison films
Prisoners > Recreation
Prisoners > Social conditions
United States
PERFORMING ARTS / Film & Video / History & Criticism
Performing arts
Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The carceral imaginary
  • Tableaux mort: execution, cinema, and carceral fantasies
  • Prison on screen: the carceral aesthetic
  • The carceral spectator
  • Screens and the senses in prison
  • The great unseen audience: Sing Sing Prison and motion pictures
  • The carceral reformer
  • A different story: recreation and cinema in women's prisons and reformatories
  • Cinema and prison reform
  • Conclusion: the prison museum and media use in the contemporary prison.

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