| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- We shall have order : the cultural politics of law and order -- The age of Jackson : George Jackson and the radical critique of incarceration -- What works? : reform and repression in prison programs -- We took the weight : incarcerated writers and artists in the Black Arts movement -- Cell block theater : entertainment, liberation, and the politics of prison theater -- Radical chic : Jack Henry Abbott and the decline of prison programming -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Bernstein explores the forces that sparked a dramatic "prison art renaissance" in the 1970s, when incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. An extraordinary range of prison programs--fine arts, theater, secondary education, and prisoner-run programs--allowed the voices of prisoners such as George Jackson, Miguel Pinero, and Jack Henry Abbott to influence the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican writers, "New Journalism," and political theater, among the most important aesthetic contributions of the decade. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Prisoners as artists -- United States.
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Prisoners as artists. |
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United States. |
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Arts, American -- 20th century.
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Arts, American. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Arts -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Arts -- Political aspects. |
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History. |
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Arts and society -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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Arts and society. |
| Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Bernstein, Lee, 1967- America is the prison. Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010 9780807833872 (DLC) 2009049999 (OCoLC)441211721 |
| ISBN |
9780807898321 (electronic book) |
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0807898325 (electronic book) |
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9781469604046 (electronic book) |
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1469604043 (electronic book) |
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9780807833872 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0807833878 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780807871171 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0807871176 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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