Research Catalog

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Description

1. xx, 279 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Series statement

1. Black performance and cultural criticism

Alternative title

1. Prisons, race and masculinity in twentieth-century United States literature and film

Subject

1. American literature > 20th century > History and criticism
2. Imprisonment in motion pictures
3. Motion pictures and literature > United States
4. American literature > Film and video adaptations
5. Masculinity in literature
6. Imprisonment in literature
7. African Americans > Race identity
8. Executions and executioners in literature
9. Masculinity in motion pictures

Contents

1. 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.

Call number

1. JFE 08-3183

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

Author

1. Caster, Peter, 1972-

Title

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

Imprint

1. Columbus : Ohio State University Press, c2008.

Series

1. Black performance and cultural criticism

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-272) and index.

Connect to:

1. Contributor biographical information
2. Publisher description

LCCN

1. 2007034428

ISBN

1. 9780814210734 (alk. paper)
2. 0814210732 (alk. paper)

Research call number

1. JFE 08-3183
2. Sc E 09-40