| Description |
1 online resource (x, 96 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Studies in law, politics, and society, 1059-4337 ; v. 64 |
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Studies in law, politics, and society ; v. 64
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| Contents |
Introduction / Doran Larson -- Searching for the beautiful prison / Kenneth Hartman -- The enlightened prison / Drew Leder -- Knowing that we are making a difference : a case for critical prison programming / Rebecca Ginsburg -- Rethinking the humanities through teaching the holocaust in prison / Anke Pinkert -- Of prisons, gardens, and the way out / Michelle Brown -- What blooms: the jailhouse, inside out / Chuck Jackson |
| Summary |
In The beautiful prison incarcerated Americans and prison critics seek to imagine the prison as something better than a machinery of suffering. From personal testimony to theoretical meditation these writers explore and confront the practical and cultural limits the prison places on its transformation into a socially constructive institution |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Special issue |
| Subject |
Imprisonment -- United States.
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Prisons -- United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Sarat, Austin.
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| ISBN |
178350966X (electronic bk.) |
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9781783509669 (electronic bk.) |
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