{"product_id":"prestige-television-and-prison-in-victoria-bryan-9780367726782","title":"Prestige Television and Prison in the Age of Mass Incarceration: A Wall Rise Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eTelevision shows that we might call 'prestige television' represent prison in ways that are sometimes reductive, sometimes powerful, and sometimes exceedingly complex. This book examines various programmes across the genres of drama, comedy and horror that utilize prison or places of incarceration as a central theme or setting to show how they conform to or challenge the standard conversation about the prison industrial complex and the common understanding of prisons as violent spaces where we house the worst among us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on the work of Angela Davis, Doran Larson, Dylan Rodriguez, Michelle Alexander, and Lisa Guenther, the author presents focused studies of \u003ci\u003eOrange Is the New Black\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRectify\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Horror Story\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Walking Dead\u003c\/i\u003e (along with briefer discussions of \u003ci\u003eThe 100\u003c\/i\u003e, police procedurals, and popular sitcoms) to explore the responsibility of television to represent prison in as authentic a fashion as possible, the exploitation of the incarcerated in reductive representations of prison, and the shifting nature of the national conversation about prison as it is depicted on screen. As such, the book will appeal to scholars of cultural and media studies, criminology and sociology with interests in incarceration and representations of prison in popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Bryan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0367726785\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780367726782\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.31d","brand":"Victoria Bryan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136028881151,"sku":"9780367726782","price":62.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f7ceebb4-b79e-4abc-9d64-e34f1000f6d0.jpg?v=1770160037","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/prestige-television-and-prison-in-victoria-bryan-9780367726782","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}