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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Autor principal: Jarvis, Brian (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: London [u.a.] Pluto Press 2004
En:Año: 2004
Acceso en línea: Autorenbiografie (Verlag)
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Palabras clave:
Punishment > United States > History
Punishment in literature
USA > Strafe > Kultur
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-279) and index
Descripción Física:VIII, 287 S 22 cm
ISBN:0745315380
0745315437