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Escape to prison : penal tourism and the pull of punishment / Michael Welch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Welch, Michael, 1960- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--Museums.
- Prisons.
- Dark tourism.
- Correctional institutions--History.
- Correctional institutions.
- Historical museums.
- History.
- Museums.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages): illustrations, photographs
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, California : University of California Press, 2015.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying what is known as dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject matter, prison museums tend to invert the "Disneyland" experience, becoming the antithesis of "the happiest place on earth." In Escape to Prison, the culmination of years of international research, noted criminologist Michael Welch explores ten prison museums on six continents, examining the complex interplay between culture and punishment. From Alcatraz to the Argentine Penitentiary, museums constructed on the former locations of surveillance, torture, colonial control, and even rehabilitation tell unique tales about the economic, political, religious, and scientific roots of each site's historical relationship to punishment. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 Penal Tourism 1
- 2 The Museum Effect 26
- 3 Dream of Order 53
- 4 Architecture Parlante 79
- 5 Religion and Governance 109
- 6 Work and Economics 140
- 7 Suffering and Science 167
- 8 Colonialism and Resistance 195
- 9 Memorialization 223
- 10 Cultural Power 249.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Welch, Michael, 1960- Escape to prison : penal tourism and the pull of punishment.
- ISBN:
- 9780520961500
- OCLC:
- 905854770
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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