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America Is the Prison: Arts and Politics in Prison in the 1970s New edition
Lee Bernstein
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America Is the Prison: Arts and Politics in Prison in the 1970s New edition
Lee Bernstein
Explores the forces that sparked a dramatic 'prison art renaissance' in the 1970s, shedding light on how incarcerated people produced powerful works of writing, performance, and visual art. These included everything from George Jackson's revolutionary Soledad Brother to Miguel Pinero's acclaimed off-Broadway play and Hollywood film Short Eyes.
224 pages, 7 illustrations, notes, index
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | June 1, 2010 |
| ISBN13 | 9780807833872 |
| Publishers | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Pages | 240 |
| Dimensions | 140 × 216 × 13 mm · 421 g |
