Prison Studies is a growing field of interest for social scientists. As one of the first ethnographic studies of a prison outside western societies and Japan, this book contributes to a reinterpretation of the field's scope and assumptions. It challenges notions of what is punitive about imprisonment by exploring the creative as well as negative outcomes of detention, separation and loss. Instead of just coping, the prisoners in Papua New Guinea's Last Place find themselves drawing fresh critiques and new approaches to contemporary living.
Prison Studies is a growing field of interest for social scientists. As one of the first ethnographic studies of a prison outside western societies and Japan, this book contributes to a reinterpretation of the field's scope and assumptions. It challenges notions of what is punitive about imprisonment by exploring the creative as well as negative outcomes of detention, separation and loss. Instead of just coping, the prisoners in Papua New Guinea's Last Place find themselves drawing fresh critiques and new approaches to contemporary living.
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Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in a Postcolonial Prison
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Papua New Guinea's Last Place: Experiences of Constraint in a Postcolonial Prison
208Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781571815811 |
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Publisher: | Berghahn Books |
Publication date: | 07/01/2003 |
Pages: | 208 |
Product dimensions: | 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d) |