The Cultural Prison : Discourse, Prisoners, and Punishment /

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This book offers a comprehensive critical study of popular cultural representations of prisoners from 1950 to the present. Rather than attempting to explain the causes of crime or the actual conditions of prisons, or providing prescriptions for criminal justice policies, the author describes how pri...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Sloop, John M., 1963- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, 1996.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prisoners in popular culture.
Mass media and criminal justice.
Discourse analysis.
Popular culture.
Prisoners.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Medias et justice penale > États-Unis.
Prisonniers dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Electronic books.
Discourse analysis > United States.
Mass media and criminal justice > United States.
Prisoners in popular culture > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction: The Historical Force of Rhetoric and the Disciplinary Force of Culture; 2. Prelude to the Present: American Histories of Punishment; 3. Rehabilitation and the Altruistic Inmate, 1950-1959; 4. The Inmate Divide: Rehabilitation and Immorality, 1960-1968; 5. Rehabilitation, Revolution, and Irrationality, 1969-1974; 6. The Meaning of Just Deserts: Valuing Our Discipline, 1975-1993; 7. Conclusions, Beginnings: Into the Future; Appendix 1. Theoretical Perspectives; Appendix 2. Differentiating Eras of Discourse.
  • Appendix 3. Percentage of Prisoners in State and Federal Prisons by Race and GenderNotes; References; Index.

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