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The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)

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Description for The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology) Hardcover. Editor(s): Wilson, Jacqueline; Forrest, Sarah; Piche, Justin; Walby, Kevin; Hodgkinson, Sarah. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 1013 pages, 82 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JKVP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. .
This extensive Handbook addresses a range of contemporary issues related to Prison Tourism across the world. It is divided into seven sections: Ethics, Human Rights and Penal Spectatorship; Carceral Retasking, Curation and Commodification of Punishment; Meanings of Prison Life and Representations of Punishment in Tourism Sites; Death and Torture in Prison Museums; Colonialism, Relics of Empire and Prison Museums; Tourism and Operational Prisons; and Visitor Consumption and Experiences of Prison Tourism. The Handbook explores global debates within the field of Prison Tourism inquiry; spanning a diverse range of topics from political imprisonment and persecution in Taiwan to interpretive programming in ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
Series
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Number of Pages
1045
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137561343
SKU
V9781137561343
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About N/A
Jacqueline Z. Wilson is an Associate Professor at Federation University Australia in the Collaborative Research Centre in Australian History. Her research focuses on the intersections between heritage, state care and institutionalization. She is the author of Prison: Cultural Memory and Dark Tourism, the first national study of prison tourist sites in Australia.  Sarah Hodgkinson is a Senior Lecturer at the Department ... Read more

Reviews for The Palgrave Handbook of Prison Tourism (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)
“This collection covers conceptual, empirical, and methodological aspects of a field of study that focuses on ‘prison and jail tourism, penal museums, and other sites of carceral memorialization around the world.’ … In bringing together this array of international scholars and administrators, many of whom have published previously on these topics but too frequently in obscure or difficult-to-locate journals, the ... Read more

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