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The Prison Boundary: Between Society and Carceral Space
Jennifer Turner
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Description for The Prison Boundary: Between Society and Carceral Space
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFMC; JKVP1; JMK; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
This book explores the idea of the prison boundary, identifying where it is located, which processes and performances help construct and animate it, and who takes part in them. Although the relationship between prison and non-prison has garnered academic interest from various disciplines in the last decade, the cultural performance of the boundary has been largely ignored. This book adds to the field by exploring the complexity of the material and symbolic connections that exist between society and carceral space. Drawing on a range of cultural examples including governmental legislation, penal tourism, prisoner work programmes and art by ... Read more
This book explores the idea of the prison boundary, identifying where it is located, which processes and performances help construct and animate it, and who takes part in them. Although the relationship between prison and non-prison has garnered academic interest from various disciplines in the last decade, the cultural performance of the boundary has been largely ignored. This book adds to the field by exploring the complexity of the material and symbolic connections that exist between society and carceral space. Drawing on a range of cultural examples including governmental legislation, penal tourism, prisoner work programmes and art by ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Condition
New
Weight
483g
Number of Pages
248
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137532411
SKU
V9781137532411
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Ref
99-15
About Jennifer Turner
Jennifer Turner is a Research Associate in the School of Applied Social Science, University of Brighton and an Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Birmingham. She has been widely published in various journals including Social and Cultural Geography, Area, Space and Polity, and Punishment and Society.
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