America is the prison : arts and politics in prison in the 1970s
This volume explores the forces that sparked a dramatic prison art renaissance, shedding light on how incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art
Print Book, English, 2010
University of North Carolina Press, Chapel Hill, N.C., 2010
History
[xiii], 224 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
9780807833872, 9780807871171, 0807833878, 0807871176
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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