Orange Is the New Black and Philosophy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Greene, Richard, 1961 September 2-

Contributor:

Robison-Greene, Rachel.

Series:

Popular Culture and Philosophy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Federal Correctional Institution (Danbury, Conn.)--Drama.

Kerman, Piper--Film adaptations.

Orange is the new black (Television program)--Miscellanea.

Reformatories for women--Connecticut--Danbury--Drama.

Women prisoners--Connecticut--Danbury--Drama.

Television programs--Philosophy.

Television programs.

Orange is the new black (Television program).

Local Subjects:

Federal Correctional Institution (Danbury, Conn.)--Drama.

Kerman, Piper--Film adaptations.

Orange is the new black (Television program)--Miscellanea.

Reformatories for women--Connecticut--Danbury--Drama.

Women prisoners--Connecticut--Danbury--Drama.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Open Court, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This collection of eighteen chapters by talented philosophical minds probes some of the many lessons to be learned from Orange Is the New Black (mostly the addictive Netflix comedy-drama but with some attention to the best-selling real-life book by Piper Kerman). The show and the book that inspired it both dramatically highlight the troubling, stressful situation of millions of incarcerated Americans. How do the show's shower scenes shed light on the classical mind-body problem? How can we make our lives meaningful when our options are curtailed by authority? What does it mean to manipulate s

Contents:

Contents; Thanks; Learning from the Insiders; I. Of course you are still going to have to go through initiation; 1. Orange Is the New Black Can Change Your Life; 2. Should We Give a Ship? ; II. How's this whole 'agenda' thing work? ; 3. Nietzsche and a Trans Woman Walk into a Prison; 4. It's Different but the Same; III. Every day in this place I get more confused; 5. Prison Is Hell; 6. Hell Is Other People but Mostly You Too ; IV. I'm a predator, bitch. Ain't no fun if you offer; 7. Prison as Rehab? Foucault Says, No, No, No ; 8. Who's Messing with Your Mind?

V. To eat the chicken that is smarter than other chickens9. Take a Break from Your Values; 10. You're Not Religious, Okay ; VI. The secret is, pretend the salt is sugar; 11. I Am I, Crazy Eyes; 12. You Got THem TV Titties; VII. My brain will always be there for you ; 13. The Chicken and the Egg-sistential Crisis; 14. What Friends Are For ; 15. The Litchfield Prisoner's Dilemma; Sugar an Spice and Some Things Not So Nice!; References; Perpetrators' Rap Sheets; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

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ISBN:

9780812699081

0812699084

OCLC:

915746238