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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Alison GriffithsPublisher: Columbia University Press Imprint: Columbia University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.318kg ISBN: 9780231161060ISBN 10: 0231161069 Pages: 472 Publication Date: 23 August 2016 Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Undergraduate Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock  The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsThis is a complex and highly original book which attends the intersections between various early cinema images of prisons and the real thing. Griffiths has a fascinating story to tell, in which she argues that we can view execution films as a kind of attraction - and in doing so, we are led to ponder: what constitutes an attraction? -- Jon Lewis, Oregon State University Alison Griffiths' examination of how movie exhibition came into prisons is truly ground-breaking. No one has studied the culture of movie-going behind bars in this fashion before. A unique and absolutely exciting work! -- Dana Polan, New York University Alison Griffiths' examination of how movie exhibition came into prisons is truly ground-breaking. No one has studied the culture of movie-going behind bars in this fashion before. A unique and absolutely exciting work! -- Dana Polan, New York University This is a complex and highly original book which attends the intersections between various early cinema images of prisons and the real thing. Griffiths has a fascinating story to tell, in which she argues that we can view execution films as a kind of attraction - and in doing so, we are led to ponder: what constitutes an attraction? -- Jon Lewis, Oregon State University This is a complex and highly original book which attends the intersections between various early cinema images of prisons and the real thing. Griffiths has a fascinating story to tell, in which she argues that we can view execution films as a kind of attraction - and in doing so, we are led to ponder: what constitutes an attraction? -- Jon Lewis, Oregon State University Griffiths's study is stunningly ground-breaking in her examination of how movie exhibition came into prisons. No one has studied the culture of movie-going at prisons in this fashion and her work is unique and absolutely exciting. -- Dana Polan, New York University Author InformationAlison Griffiths is professor of film and media studies at Baruch College and the City University of New York Graduate Center. Her Columbia University Press books are Shivers Down Your Spine: Cinema, Museums, and the Immersive View (2008) and Wondrous Difference: Cinema, Anthropology, and Turn-of-the-Century Visual Culture (2002). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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