The culture of punishment : : prison, society, and spectacle / / Michelle Brown.
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| Superior document: | Alternative criminology series |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, New York : : New York University Press,, [2009] 2009 |
| Year of Publication: | 2009 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Alternative criminology series.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (260 pages) :; illustrations. |
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Table of 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 : Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror
- Prison science : of faith and futility
- Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment.