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Record Nr.

UNINA9910808044803321

Autore

Wilson Dave <1957->

Titolo

Images of incarceration : representations of prison in film and television drama / / David Wilson and Sean O'Sullivan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winchester, U.K., : Waterside Press, 2004

ISBN

1-281-12452-4

9786611124526

1-906534-21-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (180 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

O SuilleabhainSean

Disciplina

791.45653

Soggetti

Prison films - Great Britain - History and criticism

Prison films - United States - History and criticism

Prisons in mass media

Television programs - Great Britain - Plots, themes, etc

Television programs - United States - Plots, themes, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Prison Film Project"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 186-188) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- A Guide to Using this Book -- 1 Introduction: Prisons and Prison Drama -- 2 The British Prison Film Revisited -- 3 Tracking the US Penal State: Issues and Eras -- 4 Tracking the US Penal State: In Defence of Hollywood -- 5 Origins and Intentions: In Praise of Bad Girls -- 6 Hidden from View: Buried and Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead -- 7 Inside the 'Predatory Prison': Oz -- 8 On Being 'the Man': The Prison Governor -- 9 In and Around the Penal State: Escaped and Released Prisoners -- 10 Film, Television and Popular Culture: A Note -- Bibliography -- Index.