America is the prison : arts and politics in prison in the 1970s

America is the prison : arts and politics in prison in the 1970s /

Bernstein explores the forces that sparked a dramatic "prison art renaissance" in the 1970s, when incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. An extraordinary range of prison programs--fine arts, theater, secondary education, and prisoner-run progra...

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Main Author: Bernstein, Lee, 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, [2010]
Subjects:
1900-1999
Prisoners as artists > United States.
Arts, American > 20th century.
Arts > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Arts and society > United States > History > 20th century.
ART > American > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Criminology.
Arts, American
Arts and society
Arts > Political aspects
Prisoners as artists
United States
History
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