Papua New Guinea's last place : experiences of constraint in a postcolonial prison / by Adam Reed.
Papua New Guinea's last place : experiences of constraint in a postcolonial prison / by Adam Reed.
Papua New Guinea's last place : experiences of constraint in a postcolonial prison / by Adam Reed.
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New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
Date
2003.
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365.99545/1
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English
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x, 197 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Ch. 1. Dark Place -- Out of sight -- Supervision -- 'Quasi-ethnography' -- Ch. 2. Bus Stop -- 'Jailbird' -- Cowboy -- Raskal -- Bus stop -- Ch. 3. Jeffrey's Flight -- Waiting -- Dreaming -- Emergency -- Ch. 4. Place of Men -- Men's house -- Body of men/family of women -- Resistance? -- Ch. 5. Place...
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New York : Berghahn Books, 2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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Summary
"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 o...
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Papua New Guinea's last place : experiences of constraint in a postcolonial prison / by Adam Reed.
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Includes bibliographical references : (p. [185]-193) and index.
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365.99545/1
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1571815813 (hbk. alk. paper)
9781571815811 (alk. paper)
1571815813 (alk. paper)
9781571815811 (hbk. : alk. paper)
1571815813 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9781571815811 :
1571815813 :
9781571816948 (pbk.)
1571816941 (pbk.)
9781571815811 (hbk. alk. paper)
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365.99545
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991018969809702626
