Chapter Three. Prison Life

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. A Note on Dates and Money xiii
6. Prologue xv
7. Introduction 1
8. Chapter One. Italian Prisons: Three Profiles 11
9. Chapter Two. Aspects of Imprisonment 28
10. Chapter Three. Prison Life 57
11. Chapter Four. The Prison as Place and Metaphor 82
12. Conclusion: “Marginalizing” Institutions, Instituting Marginality 100
13. Appendix One: A Prison Inventory from Bologna, 1305 110
14. Appendix Two: Poems from the Prison 112
15. Appendix Three: Le Stinche, a Reconstruction 122
16. Abbreviations and Archives 125
17. Notes 131
18. Bibliography 171
19. Index 195