Prisons and Punishment in Texas

Culture, History and Museological Representation

AvHannah Thurston

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

Del i serien Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology

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Beskrivning

In analysing these representations, the book shows that Texan history plays an important role in the production of Texan self-identity, and that to understand the Texan commitment to harsh punishment we must be prepared to focus on Texan myths and memories.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-07-06
Mått:148 x 210 x 20 mm
Vikt:470 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology
Antal sidor:249
Upplaga:16001
Förlag:Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN:9781137533074

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Hannah Thurston is Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Brighton, UK. She was awarded her PhD from the University of Kent in 2014. She researches museological representations of both punishment and policing.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction.- Part I. Setting the Scene for Museological Research.- Chapter 1. The Significance of Stories in Museum Research.- Chapter 2. Becoming a Texas Tourist.- Chapter 3. Telling Tales About a 'Tough Texas'.- Part II. Representing Punishment in the United States of America.- Chapter 4. Emotionality and Cultural Stories of (In)justice.- Chapter 5. The Cultural Life of Punishment in the Southern States.- Chapter 6. Narrative Possibilities in Cultural Life Research.- Part III. The Punishment Museums of the Lone Star State.- Chapter 7. Museum Stories of a Distinctly Tough Texas.- Chapter 8. Depicting Modern Punishment as Civilised Punishment.- Chapter 9. A Narrative Journey Through Inmate Identities.- Part IV. The Texan Self-Identity Past and Present.- Chapter 10. 'Texanicity' and its Punishment Dimensions.- Chapter 11. Texan Toughness and Lone Star Memories: The Alamo and the Old West.- Chapter 12. Re-imaging Texas as a Place of Harsh Punishment.- Epilogue.