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Author Cecil, Dawn K., author.

Title Prison life in popular culture : from the Big House to Orange Is The New Black / Dawn K. Cecil.

Publication Info. Boulder, Colorado : Lynne Rienner Publishers, [2015]

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  365.6 C388P    Check Shelf
Description ix, 233 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-226) and index.
Contents History of prisons and prison imagery -- Prisons in headlines, prisons in unexpected places -- The big house on the big screen -- Televised prison dramas -- Early prison documentaries -- Modern prison documentaries -- Women behind bars -- Gendered realities -- Music, comedy, and beyond -- Popular culture's legacy.
Subject Prisoners in popular culture -- United States.
Prisoners -- United States.
Prisons -- United States.
Prisons in mass media.
Mass media and criminal justice -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00883246
Mass media and criminal justice. (OCoLC)fst01011338
Prisoners. (OCoLC)fst01077103
Prisoners in popular culture. (OCoLC)fst01077226
Prisons. (OCoLC)fst01077326
Prisons in mass media. (OCoLC)fst01077425
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Standard No. 40025311926
ISBN 9781626372795 (hbk. ;) (alk. paper)
1626372799 (hbk. ;) (alk. paper)
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