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Michelle Brown

The Culture of Punishment

Prison, Society, and Spectacle

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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 t… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-8147-9100-4
  • EAN: 9780814791004
  • Produktnummer: 4906093
  • Verlag: New York University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
  • Seitenangabe: 260 S.
  • Masse: H22.6 cm x B15.2 cm x D1.1 cm 412 g
  • Gewicht: 412
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


Michelle Brown is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Tennessee and Fellow at the Indiana University Poynter Center for the Study of Ethics and American Institutions and author of The Culture of Punishment: Prison, Society, and Spectacle.

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