America is the prison : arts and politics in prison in the 1970s
by
Bernstein, Lee, 1967- author.
Title
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America is the prison : arts and politics in prison in the 1970s
Author
:
Bernstein, Lee, 1967- author.
ISBN
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9780807898321
9781469604046
Publication Information
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Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina Press, ©2010.
Physical Description
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1 online resource (xi, 224 pages) : illustrations
Abstract
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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 programs--allowed the voices of prisoners such as George Jackson, Miguel Pinero, and Jack Henry Abbott to influence the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican writers, "New Journalism," and political theater, among the most important aesthetic contributions of the decade.
Subject Term
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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.
Electronic Access
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Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | [[missing key: search.ChildField.HOLDING]] | Status |
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Online Library | E-Book | 374940-1001 | ONLINE | | Elektronik Kütüphane |