The culture of punishment
Subtitle: prison, society, and spectacle
By: Michelle Brown.
Series: Alternative criminology series
Publisher: New York University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
ISBN-13: 9780814799994; 9780814791004
Subjects: Punishment -- Social aspects; Imprisonment -- Social aspects; Prisons -- Social aspects
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : notes on becoming a penal spectator; title: Prison theory : engaging the work of punishment; title: Prison iconography : regarding the pain of others; title: Prison tourism : the cultural work and play of punishment; title: Prison portents : Guantánamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror; title: Prison science : of faith and futility; title: Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment.