Prison decayed: Cinematic penal discourse and populism 1995-2005

Social Semiotics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 607-626

  Mason, Paul ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cinema: media; Foucault; Penal populism; Prison; Prison abolition

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249158073     PISSN: 10350330     EISSN: 14701219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10350330601019975     Document Type: Article

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