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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wilson, David, 1957 April 23-

Contributor:

Ó Súilleabháin, Seán.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prison films--Great Britain--History and criticism.

Prison films.

Prison films--United States--History and criticism.

Prisons in mass media.

Television programs--Great Britain--Plots, themes, etc.

Television programs.

Television programs--United States--Plots, themes, etc.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Part of the Prison Film Project sponsored by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation under its Rethinking Crime and Punishment initiative, this title compares fictional representations with 'actual existing reality' to provide insights into how screen images affect understanding of complex social and penal issues: 'Do viewers separate fact from fiction?'

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"Prison Film Project"--Cover.

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

ISBN:

9786611124526

9781281124524

1281124524

9781906534219

1906534217

OCLC:

923509313