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The Prison and the American Imagination

Pocket • 2011 • Engelsk

The Prison and the American Imagination

Av Caleb Smith

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Om boken

How did a nation so famously associated with freedom become internationally identified with imprisonment? After the scandals of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, and in the midst of a dramatically escalating prison population, the question is particularly urgent. In this timely, provocative study, Caleb Smith argues that the dehumanization inherent in captivity has always been at the heart of American civil society. Exploring legal, political, and literary texts—including the works of Dickinson,...Vis mer

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ISBN

9780300171495

Publiseringsår

2011

Språk

Engelsk

Originaltittel

The Prison and the American Imagination

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Pocket

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