Carceral fantasies : cinema and prison in early twentieth-century America

The Resource Carceral fantasies : cinema and prison in early twentieth-century America

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Carceral fantasies : cinema and prison in early twentieth-century America

Title remainder

cinema and prison in early twentieth-century America

Statement of responsibility

Alison Griffiths

Language

eng

Summary

A groundbreaking contribution to the study of non-theatrical film exhibition, Carceral Fantasies tells the little-known story of how cinema found a home in the U.S. penitentiary system and how the prison emerged as a setting and narrative trope in modern cinema. Focusing on films shown in prisons before 1935, the book explores the unique experience of viewing cinema while incarcerated and the complex cultural roots of cinematic renderings of prison life. Considering a diverse mix of cinematic genres, from early actualities and reenactments of notorious executions to reformist exposés of the 19

Cataloging source

TEFOD

Dewey number

365/.668

Index

index present

LC call number

HV8860

LC item number

.G85 2016

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

dictionaries
bibliography
filmographies

Series statement

Film and culture

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