Michelle Brown

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The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society, and SpectaclePaperback, 15 October 2009

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Part of Series
Alternative Criminology
Print Length
260 pages
Language
English
Publisher
New York University Press
Date Published
15 Oct 2009
ISBN-10
081479100X
ISBN-13
9780814791004

Description

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 and punishment meet--television shows, movies, prison tourism, and post 9/11 new war prisons--demonstrating that because incarceration affects people along distinct race and class lines, it is only a privileged group of citizens who are removed from the experience of incarceration. These penal spectators, who often sanction the infliction of pain from a distance, risk overlooking the reasons for democratic oversight of the project of punishment and, more broadly, justifications for the prohibition of pain.

Product Details

Author:
Michelle Brown
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
15 October 2009
Dimensions:
23.62 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm
ISBN-10:
081479100X
ISBN-13:
9780814791004
Language:
English
Location:
New York
Pages:
260
Weight:
408.23 gm

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