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Author Welch, Michael, 1960- author.

Title Escape to prison : penal tourism and the pull of punishment / Michael Welch
Published Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]
©2015

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Contents Penal tourism -- The museum effect -- Dream of order -- Architecture parlante -- Religion and governance -- Work and economics -- Suffering and science -- Colonialism and resistance -- Memorialization -- Cultural power
Summary "The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject matter, prison museums tend to invert the 'Disney' experience, becoming the antithesis of 'the happiest place on earth.' With a keen eye on punishment and culture, criminologist Michael Welch explores ten prison museums on six continents, examining the complex interplay between culture and punishment. From Alcatraz to Argentina, from South Africa to South Korea, museums constructed on the former locations of surveillance, torture, colonial control, and possibly even rehabilitation each tell a unique tale about the economic, political, religious, and scientific roots of each site's historical relationship to punishment"--Provided by publisher
Analysis alcatraz
architecture parlante
clink prison museum
correctional facility museums
correctional facility tours
crime and punishment tourism
criminologist
criminology
cultural power
dark tourism
famous correctional facilities
famous prisons
former prison museums
former prisons
historical prisons
history of prison system
history of prison
penal spectatorship
penal tourism
penitentiary museum
penitentiary tourism
penology
prison museums
prison tourism
the clink
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Prisons -- Museums
Dark tourism.
Correctional institutions -- History
Historical museums.
history museums (institutions)
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Criminology.
Correctional institutions
Dark tourism
Historical museums
Gefängnis
Historisches Museum
Museum
Strafvollzug
Tourismus
Voyeurismus
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780520961500
0520961501