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02286aam a2200373 i 4500 001 EE14BC16ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160318010059 008 140929s2015 caua b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2014038704 020 $a 0520286162 020 $a 9780520286160 020 $a 0520286154 020 $a 9780520286153 035 $a (OCoLC)892304727 040 $a CU-S/DLC $b eng $e rda $c YUS $d CUS $d DLC $d BDX $d YDXCP $d BTCTA $d IAC $d CDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a G156.5.D37 $b W45 2015 082 00 $a 365.074 $2 23 100 1 $a Welch, Michael, $d 1960- $e author. 245 10 $a Escape to prison : $b penal tourism and the pull of punishment / $c Michael Welch. 264 1 $a Oakland, California : $b University of California Press, $c [2015] 300 $a xiii, 286 pages ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a "The resurrection of former prisons as museums has caught the attention of tourists along with scholars interested in studying dark tourism. Unsurprisingly, due to their grim subject matter, prison museums tend to invert the 'Disney' experience, becoming the antithesis of 'the happiest place on earth.' With a keen eye on punishment and culture, criminologist Michael Welch explores ten prison museums on six continents, examining the complex interplay between culture and punishment. From Alcatraz to Argentina, from South Africa to South Korea, museums constructed on the former locations of surveillance, torture, colonial control, and possibly even rehabilitation each tell a unique tale about the economic, political, religious, and scientific roots of each site's historical relationship to punishment"--Provided by publisher. 505 0 $a Penal tourism -- The museum effect -- Dream of order -- Architecture parlante -- Religion and governance -- Work and economics -- Suffering and science -- Colonialism and resistance -- Memorialization -- Cultural power. 650 0 $a Prisons $x Museums. 650 0 $a Dark tourism. 650 0 $a Correctional institutions $x History. 650 0 $a Historical museums. 941 $a 2 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191213013801.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826112956.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EE14BC16ECCE11E5A64DF5B3DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search