Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index. Introduction : notes on becoming a penal spectator -- Prison theory : engaging the work of punishment -- Prison iconography : regarding the pain of others -- Prison tourism : the cultural work and play of punishment -- Prison portents : Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror -- Prison science : of faith and futility -- Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment.

Book Details

• Language: eng
• Physical Description: viii, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
• Edition Info: (cl : alk. paper)

Subjects

• Punishment -- Social aspects
• Imprisonment -- Social aspects
• Prisons -- Social aspects

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