Cruel and unusual: punishment and US culture
Introduction : birth of a prison nation -- The scarlet letter and the long forever of Puritan punishment -- Reading the Rosenbergs : the public burning and the Book of Daniel -- Punishment, resistance, and the African-American experience -- The whip, the noose, the cell, and their lover : Melville t...
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| Medienart: | Druck Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Veröffentlicht: |
London [u.a.]
Pluto Press
2004
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| In: | Jahr: 2004 |
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| Bestand in Tübingen: | In Tübingen vorhanden. UB: KB 20 A 324 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Introduction : birth of a prison nation -- The scarlet letter and the long forever of Puritan punishment -- Reading the Rosenbergs : the public burning and the Book of Daniel -- Punishment, resistance, and the African-American experience -- The whip, the noose, the cell, and their lover : Melville the masochist -- Inside the American prison film -- Conclusion : waves of the future, echoes of the past. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-279) and index |
| Beschreibung: | VIII, 287 S 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 0745315380 0745315437 |