Escape to Prison : Penal Tourism and the Pull of Punishment / Michael Welch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Welch, Michael, Author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Prisons--Museums.

Dark tourism.

Correctional institutions--History.

Historical museums.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, [2015]

Language Note:

English

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

List of Illustrations

Preface

ONE. Penal Tourism

TWO. The Museum Effect

THREE. Dream of Order

FOUR. Architecture Parlante

FIVE. Religion and Governance

SIX. Work and Economics

SEVEN. Suffering and Science

EIGHT. Colonialism and Resistance

NINE. Memorialization

TEN. Cultural Power

References

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780520286160

0520286162

9780520961500

0520961501

OCLC:

905854770