TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Michelle
TI  - The culture of punishment: prison, society, and spectacle 
T2  - Alternative Criminology Series
SN  - 9780814739044
AV  - HV8756 .B76 2009
U1  - 303.3/6 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York, N.Y.
PB  - New York University Press
KW  - Prisons
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Imprisonment
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Aspect social
KW  - Emprisonnement
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Criminology
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - General
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 231-243) and index; Introduction : notes on becoming a penal spectator -- Prison theory : engaging the work of punishment -- Prison iconography : regarding the pain of others -- Prison tourism : the cultural work and play of punishment -- Prison portents : Guantanamo, Abu Ghraib, and the War on Terror -- Prison science : of faith and futility -- Prison otherwise : cultural meanings beyond punishment
N2  - America is the most punitive nation in the world, incarcerating more than 2.3 million people--or one in 136 of its residents. Against the backdrop of this unprecedented mass imprisonment, punishment permeates everyday life, carrying with it complex cultural meanings. In The Culture of Punishment, Michelle Brown goes beyond prison gates and into the routine and popular engagements of everyday life, showing that those of us most distanced from the practice of punishment tend to be particularly harsh in our judgments. The Culture of Punishment takes readers on a tour of the sites where culture an
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