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Prison Life in Popular Culture: From The Big House to Orange Is the New Black
Dawn K. Cecil
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Description for Prison Life in Popular Culture: From The Big House to Orange Is the New Black
Hardcover. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; AVGR; JFCA; JKVP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Through the centuries, prisons were closed institutions, full of secrets and shrouded in mystery. But modern media culture has opened the gates. Dawn Cecil explores decades of popular culture—from Golden Age Hollywood films to YouTube videos, from newspapers to beer labels, hip-hop music, and children's books—to reveal how prison imagery shapes our understanding of who commits crimes, why, and how the criminal justice system should respond.
Through the centuries, prisons were closed institutions, full of secrets and shrouded in mystery. But modern media culture has opened the gates. Dawn Cecil explores decades of popular culture—from Golden Age Hollywood films to YouTube videos, from newspapers to beer labels, hip-hop music, and children's books—to reveal how prison imagery shapes our understanding of who commits crimes, why, and how the criminal justice system should respond.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Lynne Rienner Publishers, Inc.
Condition
New
Number of Pages
277
Place of Publication
Boulder, CO, United States
ISBN
9781626372795
SKU
V9781626372795
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About Dawn K. Cecil
Dawn K. Cecil is associate professor of criminology at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg.
Reviews for Prison Life in Popular Culture: From The Big House to Orange Is the New Black
Engaging and revealing.... With authority and clarity, Cecil provides a sensitive analysis of the popular spectacle of prisons in US culture today. Should be required reading for anyone who wishes to understand why society thinks the way it does about prisons, prisoners, guards, and punishment. Provides a fresh and insightful look into representation of prisons in contemporary television and film. ... Read more