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Cruel and Unusual
Brian Jarvis
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Description for Cruel and Unusual
paperback. Explores who -- and why -- American society punishes, using examples from literature and film. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC; JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
From the excesses of Puritan patriarchs to the barbarism of slavery and on into the prison-industrial complex, punishment in the US has a long and gruesome history.
In the post-Vietnam era, the prison population has increased tenfold and the death penalty has enjoyed a renaissance. Cruel and Unusual offers an exploration of the history of punishment as mediated in American culture. Grounding his analysis in Marxist theory, psychoanalysis and Foucault's influential work on discipline, Brian Jarvis examines a range of cultural texts, from seventeenth century execution sermons to twenty-first century prison films, to uncover the ... Read more
From the excesses of Puritan patriarchs to the barbarism of slavery and on into the prison-industrial complex, punishment in the US has a long and gruesome history.
In the post-Vietnam era, the prison population has increased tenfold and the death penalty has enjoyed a renaissance. Cruel and Unusual offers an exploration of the history of punishment as mediated in American culture. Grounding his analysis in Marxist theory, psychoanalysis and Foucault's influential work on discipline, Brian Jarvis examines a range of cultural texts, from seventeenth century execution sermons to twenty-first century prison films, to uncover the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745315386
SKU
V9780745315386
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About Brian Jarvis
Brian Jarvis lectures in American Literature at Loughborough University. This is his first book.
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'This wide-ranging and interdisciplinary survey constructs a genealogy of cruelty'
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