[Commlist] New publication: Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture

New book
Palgrave Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture

https://www.palgrave.com/gp/book/9783030360580
The Handbook of Incarceration in Popular Culture will be an essential 
reference point, providing international coverage and thematic richness. 
The chapters examine the real and imagined spaces of the prison and, 
perhaps more importantly, dwell in the uncertain space between them. The 
modern fixation with ‘seeing inside’ prison from the outside has 
prompted a proliferation of media visions of incarceration, from 
high-minded and worthy to voyeuristic and unrealistic. In this handbook, 
the editors bring together a huge breadth of disparate issues including 
women in prison, the view from ‘inside’, prisons as a source of 
entertainment, the real worlds of prison, and issues of race and gender. 
The handbook will inform students and lecturers of media, film, popular 
culture, gender, and cultural studies, as well as scholars of 
criminology and justice.
“This fascinating and wide-ranging collection provides new insights into 
representations of, and our understanding of, carcerality. The chapters 
here force us to address cultural beliefs about the purposes and 
morality of different modes of incarceration, as well as illuminating 
the ways in which fantasies of imprisonment fuel innumerable depictions 
in film and TV. Impressive in both its breadth and depth it is an 
important contribution to the scholarly debate in this field.” (Dr Mark 
Readman, Principal Academic in Media Education, Bournemouth University)

“Media and film representations are powerful forces in contemporary 
society that deeply shape how people understand order and control. This 
Handbook features many compelling chapters on media and film 
representations of incarceration. The chapters examine how myths about 
imprisoned people are formed and perpetuated. An amazing roster of 
dedicated scholars and innovative thinkers contribute to this incredible 
work that will be a must-read for anyone doing research on media, 
representations, communications, imprisonment, punishment, and the 
carceral.” (Kevin Walby, University of Winnipeg)

“We see prisons everywhere – in documentary, drama, children’s fiction, 
‘dark’ tourism. The editors and contributors of this Handbook have done 
an enormous service by engaging insightfully and comprehensively with 
this ubiquity. Anyone who wants to reckon with the hold of the prison on 
our contemporary cultural and political lives needs to engage with this 
ambitious and necessary book.” (Richard Sparks, University of Edinburgh)


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