Prison life in popular culture :: from the Big House to Orange Is The New Black /

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 child...

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1. Verfasser: Cecil, Dawn K. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2015]
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (ix, 233 pages) : illustrations
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.
ISBN:9781626372801
1626372802

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