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Author Brown, Michelle, 1971-
Title The culture of punishment : prison, society, and spectacle / Michelle Brown.
Publication Info New York, N.Y. : New York University Press, c2009.


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Descript viii, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780814791004
081479100X
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Author Brown, Michelle, 1971-
Series Alternative criminology series
Subject Punishment -- Social aspects.
Imprisonment -- Social aspects.
Prisons -- Social aspects.
Descript viii, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780814791004
081479100X
Author Brown, Michelle, 1971-
Series Alternative criminology series
Subject Punishment -- Social aspects.
Imprisonment -- Social aspects.
Prisons -- Social aspects.
LOCATION SHELVED AT LOAN TYPE STATUS
 BJL Reading Room 1st floor HDC  HV8756 .B76  4 WEEK LOAN  AVAILABLE
1 copy being processed for BJL.

Subject Punishment -- Social aspects.
Imprisonment -- Social aspects.
Prisons -- Social aspects.
Descript viii, 251 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents 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.
ISBN 9780814791004
081479100X

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