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Brown, Michelle, 1971- author.

Title The culture of punishment : prison, society, and spectacle / Michelle Brown.

Publication Info.	New York, New York : New York University Press, [2009]
	2009

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Location	Call No.	OPAC Message	Status
Axe ProQuest E-Book	Electronic Book	---	Available

Description	1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations.
	text rdacontent
	computer rdamedia
	online resource rdacarrier
Series	Alternative criminology series
	Alternative criminology series.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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.
Note	Description based on print version record.
Subject	Punishment -- Social aspects.
	Imprisonment -- Social aspects.
	Prisons -- Social aspects.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
Other Form:	Print version: Brown, Michelle. Culture of punishment : prison, society, and spectacle. New York, New York : New York University Press, [2009] viii, 251 pages ; 23 cm Alternative criminology series 9780814799994 (OCoLC)ocn323190042
ISBN	9780814799994 (hbk. : alk. paper)
	9780814791004 (pbk. : alk. paper)
	081479999X (hbk. : alk. paper)
	081479100X (pbk. : alk. paper)
	9780814739044 (e-book)