Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 440 g
Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Trade Paperback, Format (B × H): 149 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 440 g
ISBN: 978-0-520-28616-0
Verlag: University Of California Press
The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying what is known as dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject matter, prison museums tend to invert the “Disneyland” experience, becoming the antithesis of “the happiest place on earth.” In Escape to Prison, the culmination of years of international research, noted criminologist Michael Welch explores ten prison museums on six continents, examining the complex interplay between culture and punishment. From Alcatraz to the Argentine Penitentiary, museums constructed on the former locations of surveillance, torture, colonial control, and even rehabilitation tell unique tales about the economic, political, religious, and scientific roots of each site’s historical relationship to punishment.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Resozialisierung
- Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Strafvollzugsrecht, Strafvollstreckung, Maßregelvollzug, Gnadenwesen
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
- Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
Weitere Infos & Material
List of Illustrations
Preface
1. Penal Tourism
2. The Museum Effect
3. Dream of Order
4. Architecture Parlante
5. Religion and Governance
6. Work and Economics
7. Suffering and Science
8. Colonialism and Resistance
9. Memorialization
10. Cultural Power
References
Index