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Escape to prison : penal tourism and the pull of punishment

By Michael , Welch

Book information

Publisher
University of California Press
Year
2015
ISBN
0520286154, 978-0-520-28615-3, 978-0-520-96150-0, 0520961501, 978-0-520-28616-0
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
8 MB (8415584 bytes)
Pages
304\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
Prisons -- Museums. Dark tourism. Correctional ins

Description

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.

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