A carceral ecology : Ushuaia and the history of landscape and punishment in Argentina /

"Closer to Antarctica than to Buenos Aires, the port town of Ushuaia, Argentina is home to a national park as well as a museum that is housed in the world's southernmost prison. Ushuaia's radial panopticon operated as an experimental hybrid penal colony and penitentiary from 1902-1947...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Edwards, Ryan C., 1984- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2022]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Prisons > Argentina > Ushuaia > History > 20th century.
Prisons > Environmental aspects > Argentina > 20th century.
Prisons > Argentine > Ushuaia > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Prisons > Aspect de l'environnement > Argentine > 20e siècle.
HISTORY / Latin America / General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology.
Prisons.
Prisons > Environmental aspects.
Argentina.
Argentina > Ushuaia.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : rethinking prisons and Patagonia
  • Construcing an open-door penitentiary
  • Forestry in fireland
  • "I too am Ushuaia"
  • The martyr in Argentine Siberia
  • The lettered archipelago
  • Developing an Argentine prisonscape
  • Epilogue : curating the end of the world.

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