Critical Prison Theory and Literature
Palimpsest
Seiten
2026
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-61228-7 (ISBN)
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-61228-7 (ISBN)
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This volume puts stories and theory about prison in conversation, following five metaphors through mass incarceration: retribution as code, isolation as cell, trauma as wound, creativity as graffiti tag, restorative justice as kitchen table.
In a concrete classroom, two hands meet in a welcome handshake. One belongs to a professor who has never seen the inside of a cell, the other to a graffiti artist whose decade behind bars taught him to read power like fault lines in stone. Eleven years later, that handshake has transformed into Critical Prison Theory and Literature: Palimpsest.
The authors put themselves, stories, and theory about prison in conversation, following five metaphors through mass incarceration: retribution as code, isolation as cell, trauma as wound, creativity as graffiti tag, restorative justice as kitchen table. Pairing texts across centuries—Moby Dick with Batman comics, Hamlet with The House on Mango Street—this book represents their part of that larger conversation.
In a concrete classroom, two hands meet in a welcome handshake. One belongs to a professor who has never seen the inside of a cell, the other to a graffiti artist whose decade behind bars taught him to read power like fault lines in stone. Eleven years later, that handshake has transformed into Critical Prison Theory and Literature: Palimpsest.
The authors put themselves, stories, and theory about prison in conversation, following five metaphors through mass incarceration: retribution as code, isolation as cell, trauma as wound, creativity as graffiti tag, restorative justice as kitchen table. Pairing texts across centuries—Moby Dick with Batman comics, Hamlet with The House on Mango Street—this book represents their part of that larger conversation.
Noe Martinez, Formerly-Incarcerated Artist and Author has published on Shakespeare’s Hamlet, co-authored an academic chapter on how to teach math inside prison, and been featured widely in art exhibitions. Sarah Higinbotham is currently Assistant Professor of Literature at Emory University. She founded a statewide program for college programming inside state prisons and has taught more than 3,000 hours of literature studies inside men’s and women’s prisons.
Introduction: The Handshake
Chapter 1: Retribution
Chapter 2: Isolation
Chapter 3: Trauma
Chapter 4: Creativity
Chapter 5: Restorative Justice
Conclusion
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 28.4.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 7 Halftones, black and white; 7 Illustrations, black and white |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-032-61228-2 / 1032612282 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-032-61228-7 / 9781032612287 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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