Add to ORKGIn this article I explore the diverse ways in which stories of prison and punishment have been told in the literary and visual arts. Stories of crime and punishment are central to every society as they address the universal problem of human identity. Every culture generates founding myths to account for society?s origins, typically situated in some dreadful primordial event. The imaginary origins of Western civilization are to be found in tales of banishment, confinement, exile, torture and suffering. The theme of exclusion is symbolically rich and spaces of confinement ? both real and imagined ? have provided stark reminders of human cruelty and reveal just how thin the veneer of civilization can be. This article examines how prison space ...
Human rights issues are increasingly common subjects for artists, translated in a variety of media a...
In this thesis I make the case that arts practice in prison has largely been appropriated by the dis...
The space of the prison is no longer on the margins in relation to societal `centres', but instead a...
This chapter explores the diverse ways in which stories of prison and punishment have been told in t...
This article explores three forms of violence in the prison place: physical, cultural and structural...
This paper examines how a delusive social imaginary of criminal-justice has underpinned contemporary...
This article will seek to understand how and why many prisoners interpreted in prison museums come f...
<p class="AbstractTxt">This article synthesises diverse material to discuss both state use of the ar...
A mid-eighteenth-century traveller noted with surprise that parents in London regularly took their c...
This article outlines two graphic novels and an accompanying activity designed to unpack complicated...
This article will examine the changing place of architecture and the contested nature of prison spac...
The prison has a global history. The emergence of the modern state and, at least in Europe and the U...
This article proposes a focus on some of the arguments in the field—what is “arts behind bars”? What...
This practice-led research project investigates the prison space from an insider’s perspective throu...
This chapter is focussed on the obstacles and myths preventing the acknowledgement of the insidious ...
Human rights issues are increasingly common subjects for artists, translated in a variety of media a...
In this thesis I make the case that arts practice in prison has largely been appropriated by the dis...
The space of the prison is no longer on the margins in relation to societal `centres', but instead a...
This chapter explores the diverse ways in which stories of prison and punishment have been told in t...
This article explores three forms of violence in the prison place: physical, cultural and structural...
This paper examines how a delusive social imaginary of criminal-justice has underpinned contemporary...
This article will seek to understand how and why many prisoners interpreted in prison museums come f...
<p class="AbstractTxt">This article synthesises diverse material to discuss both state use of the ar...
A mid-eighteenth-century traveller noted with surprise that parents in London regularly took their c...
This article outlines two graphic novels and an accompanying activity designed to unpack complicated...
This article will examine the changing place of architecture and the contested nature of prison spac...
The prison has a global history. The emergence of the modern state and, at least in Europe and the U...
This article proposes a focus on some of the arguments in the field—what is “arts behind bars”? What...
This practice-led research project investigates the prison space from an insider’s perspective throu...
This chapter is focussed on the obstacles and myths preventing the acknowledgement of the insidious ...
Human rights issues are increasingly common subjects for artists, translated in a variety of media a...
In this thesis I make the case that arts practice in prison has largely been appropriated by the dis...
The space of the prison is no longer on the margins in relation to societal `centres', but instead a...