2. Prison on Screen: The Carceral Aesthetic

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. List of Figures xi
4. Acknowledgments xvii
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. The Carceral Imaginary
7. 1. Tableaux Mort: Execution, Cinema, and Carceral Fantasies 13
8. 2. Prison on Screen: The Carceral Aesthetic 55
9. Part Two. The Carceral Spectator
10. 3. Screens and the Senses in Prison 113
11. 4. “The Great Unseen Audience”: Sing Sing Prison and Motion Pictures 151
12. Part Three. The Carceral Reformer
13. 5. A Different Story: Recreation and Cinema in Women’s Prisons and Reformatories 191
14. 6. Cinema and Prison Reform 232
15. Conclusion: The Prison Museum and Media Use in the Con temporary Prison 267
16. Notes 287
17. Filmography 375
18. Bibliography 381
19. Index 413