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Prisons and Punishment in Texas: Culture, History and Museological Representation
Hannah Thurston
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Description for Prisons and Punishment in Texas: Culture, History and Museological Representation
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 258 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations, 5 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; JFC; JFSR; JKVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 282 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
This book explores the identity of Texas as a state with a large and severe penal system. It does so by assessing the narratives at work in Texas museums and tourist sites associated with prisons and punishment. In such cultural institutions, complex narratives are presented, which show celebratory stories of Texan toughness in the penal sphere, as well as poignant stories about the witnessing of executions, comical stories that normalize the harsher aspects of Texan punishment, and presentations about prison officers who have lost their lives in the war on crime. In analysing these representations, the book shows that Texan ... Read more
This book explores the identity of Texas as a state with a large and severe penal system. It does so by assessing the narratives at work in Texas museums and tourist sites associated with prisons and punishment. In such cultural institutions, complex narratives are presented, which show celebratory stories of Texan toughness in the penal sphere, as well as poignant stories about the witnessing of executions, comical stories that normalize the harsher aspects of Texan punishment, and presentations about prison officers who have lost their lives in the war on crime. In analysing these representations, the book shows that Texan ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Condition
New
Number of Pages
249
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137533074
SKU
V9781137533074
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About Hannah Thurston
Hannah Thurston is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Brighton, UK. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Kent in 2014. She researches museological representations of both punishment and policing.
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