Prison Life in Popular Culture : : From "The Big House" to "Orange Is the New Black" / / Dawn K. Cecil.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
• VerfasserIn: Cecil, Dawn K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2022]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (233 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Tables and Figures --; Acknowledgments --; 1 History of Prisons and Prison Imagery --; 2 Prisons in Headlines, Prisons in Unexpected Places --; 3 The Big House on the Big Screen --; 4 Televised Prison Dramas --; 5 Early Prison Documentaries --; 6 Modern Prison Documentaries --; 7 Women Behind Bars --; 8 Gendered Realities --; 9 Music, Comedy, and Beyond --; 10 Popular Culture’s Legacy --; Bibliography --; Index --; About the Book
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781626372801; 9783110784244
• DOI: 10.1515/9781626372801
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Dawn K. Cecil.

Through the centuries, prisons were closed institutions, full of secrets and shrouded in mystery. But modern media culture has opened the gates. Dawn Cecil explores decades of popular culture—from Golden Age Hollywood films to YouTube videos, from newspapers to beer labels, hip-hop music, and children's books—to reveal how prison imagery shapes our understanding of who commits crimes, why, and how the criminal justice system should respond.