| Description |
192 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Introduction : prisons and prison drama -- Ch. 2. The British prison film revisited -- Ch. 3. Tracking the US penal state : issues and eras -- Ch. 4. Tracking the US penal state : in defence of Hollywood -- Ch. 5. Origins and intentions : in praise of Bad girls -- Ch. 6. Hidden from view : Buried and ghosts ... of the civil dead -- Ch. 7. Inside the predatory prison : Oz -- Ch. 8. On being 'the Man' : the prison governor -- Ch. 9. In and around the penal state : escaped and released prisoners -- Ch. 10. Film, television and popular culture : a note |
| Summary |
"Images of Incarceration focuses on fictional portrayals of prison and prisoners to demonstrate how they are depicted in cinema and on TV, featuring films such as The Shawshank Redemption, The Birdman of Alcatraz, Scum, McVicar, Brubaker, Cool Hand Luke, Made in Britain and Greenfingers as well as TV dramas like Porridge, Bad Girls, Buried and Oz." "Images of Incarceration will be of value to anyone interested in the effect of screen representations on the democratic process, and in particular to people concerned with criminal justice, penal affairs, penal reform, sociology and the media."--BOOK JACKET |
| Notes |
"Prison Film Project"--Cover |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Television programs -- Plots, themes, etc.
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Television programs -- Great Britain -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Television programs -- United States -- Stories, plots, etc.
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Prison films -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Prison films -- Great Britain -- History and criticism.
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Television programs -- Great Britain -- Plots, themes, etc
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Prison films.
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Television programs -- United States -- Plots, themes, etc
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Prisons in mass media.
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| Author |
O'Sullivan, Sean, 1952-
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Prison Film Project
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| LC no. |
01293135 |
| ISBN |
1904380085 |
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