Carceral fantasies: cinema and prison in early twentieth-century America

Introduction -- The carceral imaginary -- Tableaux mort: execution, cinema, and carceral fantasies -- Prison on screen: the carceral aesthetic -- The carceral spectator -- Screens and the senses in prison -- The great unseen audience: Sing Sing Prison and motion pictures -- The carceral reformer --...

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Main Author: Griffiths, Alison 1963- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York Columbia University Press [2016]
In:Year: 2016
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Availability in Tübingen:Present in Tübingen.
UB: KB 20 A 8354
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Keywords:
Prisoners > Recreation > United States
Prisoners > United States > Social conditions
Motion picture audiences > United States
Prison films > History and criticism
Imprisonment in motion pictures
Prisoners > Social conditions > United States
USA > Gefängnis > Leopoldov > Filmvorführung > Film > Gefängnis > Motiv > Geschichte 1900-1940
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Summary:Introduction -- The carceral imaginary -- Tableaux mort: execution, cinema, and carceral fantasies -- Prison on screen: the carceral aesthetic -- The carceral spectator -- Screens and the senses in prison -- The great unseen audience: Sing Sing Prison and motion pictures -- The carceral reformer -- A different story: recreation and cinema in women's prisons and reformatories -- Cinema and prison reform -- Conclusion: the prison museum and media use in the contemporary prison
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index -- Includes filmography
Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
Physical Description:xix, 440 Seiten Illustrationen 27 cm
ISBN:9780231161060
9780231161077