LEADER 03054nam 22006494a 450 001 9910459768503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4696-0404-3 010 $a0-8078-9832-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000037562 035 $a(EBL)565688 035 $a(OCoLC)658201602 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000411632 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11309735 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000411632 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10357179 035 $a(PQKB)10045535 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245667 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC565688 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23339 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL565688 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10405059 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL929538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000037562 100 $a20091125d2010 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aAmerica is the prison$b[electronic resource] $earts and politics in prison in the 1970s /$fLee Bernstein 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (239 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8078-7117-6 311 $a0-8078-3387-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [185]-214) and index. 327 $aWe shall have order: the cultural politics of law and order -- The age of Jackson: George Jackson and the radical critique of incarceration -- What works? reform and repression in prison programs -- We took the weight: incarcerated writers and artists in the Black Arts movement -- Cell block theater: entertainment, liberation, and the politics of prison theater -- Radical chic: Jack Henry Abbott and the decline of prison programming. 330 $aIn the 1970's, while politicians and activists outside prisons debated the proper response to crime, incarcerated people helped shape those debates though a broad range of remarkable political and literary writings. Lee Bernstein explores the forces that sparked a dramatic ""prison art renaissance,"" shedding light on how incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. These included everything from George Jackson's revolutionary Soledad Brother to Miguel Pinero's acclaimed off-Broadway play and Hollywood film Short Eyes. An extraordinary 606 $aPrisoners as artists$zUnited States 606 $aArts, American$y20th century 606 $aArts$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aArts and society$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPrisoners as artists 615 0$aArts, American 615 0$aArts$xPolitical aspects$xHistory 615 0$aArts and society$xHistory 676 $a709.73/09047 700 $aBernstein$b Lee$f1967-$01030114 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910459768503321 996 $aAmerica is the prison$92446889 997 $aUNINA