The Prison Boundary: Between Society And Carceral Space (palgrave Studies In Prisons And Penology)
by Jennifer Turner /
2016 / English / PDF
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This book explores the idea of the prison boundary, identifying
where it is located, which processes and performances help
construct and animate it, and who takes part in them. Although
the relationship between prison and non-prison has garnered
academic interest from various disciplines in the last decade,
the cultural performance of the boundary has been largely
ignored. This book adds to the field by exploring the complexity
of the material and symbolic connections that exist between
society and carceral space.
This book explores the idea of the prison boundary, identifying
where it is located, which processes and performances help
construct and animate it, and who takes part in them. Although
the relationship between prison and non-prison has garnered
academic interest from various disciplines in the last decade,
the cultural performance of the boundary has been largely
ignored. This book adds to the field by exploring the complexity
of the material and symbolic connections that exist between
society and carceral space.
Drawing on a range of cultural examples including governmental
legislation, penal tourism, prisoner work programmes and art by
offenders, Jennifer Turner attends to the everyday, practised
manifestations and negotiations of the prison boundary. The book
reveals how prisoners actively engage with life outside of prison
and how members of the public may cross the boundary to the
inside. In doing so, it shows the prison boundary to be a complex
patchwork of processes, people and parts. The book will be of
great interest to scholars and upper-level students of
criminology, carceral geography and cultural studies.
Drawing on a range of cultural examples including governmental
legislation, penal tourism, prisoner work programmes and art by
offenders, Jennifer Turner attends to the everyday, practised
manifestations and negotiations of the prison boundary. The book
reveals how prisoners actively engage with life outside of prison
and how members of the public may cross the boundary to the
inside. In doing so, it shows the prison boundary to be a complex
patchwork of processes, people and parts. The book will be of
great interest to scholars and upper-level students of
criminology, carceral geography and cultural studies.
