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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817669903321

Autore

Brown Mary

Titolo

Inside art : crime, punishment and creative energies / / Mary Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Winchester : , : Waterside Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-281-12454-0

9786611124540

1-906534-23-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (vi, 138 pages)

Disciplina

700.86927

Soggetti

Prisoners as artists

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Art in prisons : an introduction -- How I came to hear these stories -- Creativity, crime and punishment -- Prison art -- 'Walls made me paint -- An artistic career? -- Creative energies? -- Prison as an artists' studio -- Art as therapy? -- Conclusions -- Appendix I : Interview schedule -- Appendix 11: Questionnaires.

Sommario/riassunto

Based on conversations with artists, including people in prison or who were once imprisoned. It charts the importance of creative activity as an instrument of personal change.