ISBN:
1850438943
,
1850438935
,
9781850438946
,
9781850438939
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xii, 225 p)
,
ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Dress Behind Bars : Prison Clothing as Criminality
DDC:
391.0086927
Keywords:
Prisoners Clothing
;
Social aspects
;
Prisoners Clothing
;
Prisoners Clothing
;
Political aspects
Abstract:
From nineteenth-century broad arrows and black and white stripes to twenty first-century orange jumpsuits, prison clothing has both mirrored and bolstered the power of penal institutions over prisoners' lives. Vividly illustrated and based on original research, including throughout the voices of the incarcerated, this book is a pioneering history and investigation of prison dress, which demystifies the experience of what it is like to be an imprisoned criminal. Juliet Ash takes the reader on a journey from the production of prison clothing to the bodies of its wearers. She uncovers a history c
Description / Table of Contents:
COVER; CONTENTS; LIST OF FIGURES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION: Unravelling Prison Clothing; CHAPTER 1. From Near Naked to Uniforms, Pre-1800 to 1830s; CHAPTER 2. Uniforms: Stripes, Broad Arrows and Aprons, 1830s to 1900; CHAPTER 3. Seams of Change: The Abolition of Iconic Uniforms, 1900s to 1930s; CHAPTER 4. Inside Out: From Extremes to Reform, Resistance and Back, 1930s to 1990s; CHAPTER 5. Consumption as Redemption? Britain, 1950s to 1990s; CHAPTER 6. Contemporary Prison Clothing: Inside turns Out; CHAPTER 7. The View from Outside/Visions behind the Bars; NOTES; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Description / Table of Contents:
INDEX
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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