Romantic Outlaws, Beloved Prisons The Unconscious Meanings of Crime and Punishment
An ex-convict struggles with his addictive yearning for prison. A law-abiding citizen broods over his pleasure in violent, illegal acts. A prison warden loses his job because he is so successful in rehabilitating criminals. These are but a few of the intriguing stories Martha Grace Duncan examines i...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
New York University Press
[1996]
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009432621706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- A Thousand Leagues Above: Prison As a Refuge from the Prosaic
- Cradled on the Sea: Prison As a Mother Who Provides and Protects
- To Die and Become: Prison As a Matrix of Spiritual Rebirth
- Flowers Are Flowers: Prison As a Place Like Any Other
- Methodological Issues
- Positive Images of Prison and Theories of Punishment
- Epilogue to Part One
- Prologue to Part Two
- Reluctant Admiration: The Forms of Our Conflict over Criminals
- Rationalized Admiration: Overt Delight in Camouflaged Criminals
- Repressed Admiration: Loathing As a Vicissitude of Attraction to Criminals
- Conclusion to Part Two: This Unforeseen Partnership
- Prologue to Part Three
- Eject Him Tainted Now: The Criminal As Filth in Western Culture
- Projecting an Excrementitious Mass: The Metaphor of Filth in the History of Botany Bay
- Stirring the Odorous Pile: Vicissitudes of the Metaphor in Britain and the United States
- Conclusion to Part Three: Metaphor Understood
- Conclusion: The Romanticization of Criminals and the Defense against Despair.
