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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Sloop, John M., 1963-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tuscaloosa, Ala. : University of Alabama Press, ©1996.
Series:Studies in rhetoric and communication.
Subjects:
Prisoners in popular culture > United States.
Mass media and criminal justice > United States.
Discourse analysis > United States.
Prisonniers dans la culture populaire > États-Unis.
Médias et justice pénale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology.
Discourse analysis
Mass media and criminal justice
Prisoners in popular culture
United States
Prisoners
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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