The Big House by Stephen Cox
Tells the story of the American prison - its politics, its sex, its violence, its inability to control itself - and its idealization in American popular culture. This book investigates both the popular images of prison and the realities that lay behind them - problems of control and discipline, maintenance and reform, power and sexuality.
A first-rate piece of writing..captures and renders novel and interesting a remarkable nineteenth century creation that lingers on in the twenty-first.--Andrew Scull, author of Madhouse -- Andrew Scull Professor Cox has brought prison studies into mainstream intellectual discourse, something Foucault tried to do but failed.-Nathan Kantrowitz, author of Close Control: Managing a Maximum Security Prison -- Nathan Kantrowitz Short and very well written, The Big House captures beautifully the complexities, dilemmas, horrors and permanent fascination of prison life. It is humane without sentimentality and realistic without cynicism.-Theodore Dalrymple, author of Life at the Bottom -- Theodore Dalrymple
Stephen Cox is Professor of Literature and Director of the Humanities Program at the University of California, San Diego. His most recent books are The New Testament and Literature, The Woman and the Dynamo, and The Titanic Story.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300124194 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300124198 |
| Title | The Big House |
| Author | Stephen Cox |
| Series | Icons Of America |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2009-11-01 |
| Number of pages | 256 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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