Prisons, Race, and Masculinity in Twentieth-Century U.S. Literature and Film Peter Caster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Caster, Peter, 1972-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Executions and executioners in literature.

American literature--Film adaptations.

American literature.

Motion pictures and literature--United States.

Motion pictures and literature.

African Americans--Race identity.

African Americans.

Masculinity in motion pictures.

Masculinity in literature.

Imprisonment in motion pictures.

American literature--20th century--History and criticism.

Imprisonment in literature.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 279 p.) : ill. ;

Place of Publication:

Columbus : Ohio State University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Imprisonment in U.S. history and the cultural imagination

Literary execution: race, crime, and punishment in three Faulkner novels

Soul on ice, schizoanalysis, and the subject of imprisonment

The executioner's song and the narration of history

The contradictions of documentary realism in American history X

"Based upon a true story": the hurricane and the problem of prison redemption

The farm: "This is no dream or nothing made up, this is for real"

Staging prisons and the performance of history.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

OCLC:

1083109973

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access