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

• Autore: Wilson David <1957 April 23->
• Pubblicazione: Winchester, U.K., : Waterside Press, 2004
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (180 p.)
• Disciplina: 791.45653
• Soggetto topico: 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
• Altri autori: Ó SúilleabháinSeán
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Images of incarceration
• ISBN: 9786611124526; 9781281124524; 1281124524; 9781906534219; 1906534217
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910964709203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II