Prisons, race, and masculinity in twentieth-century U.S. literature and film / Peter Caster.

Variant title Prisons, race and masculinity in twentieth-century United States literature and film
SeriesBlack performance and cultural criticism
Black performance and cultural criticism. ^A756904
Contents Imprisonment in U.S. history and the cultural imagination -- Literary execution: race, crime, and punishment in three Faulkner novels -- Soul on ice, schizoanalysis, and the subject of imprisonment -- The executioner's song and the narration of history -- The contradictions of documentary realism in American history X -- "Based upon a true story": the hurricane and the problem of prison redemption -- The farm: "This is no dream or nothing made up, this is for real" -- Staging prisons and the performance of history.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.
LCCN 2007034428
ISBN9780814210734 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814210732 (alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PS 228.I66 C37 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold