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OverviewEntertainment and profit constitute the driving force behind popular representations of women in correctional facilities. But the creative influence of film and television also generates legal meaning. The women-in-prison (WIP) genre can leave viewers feeling both empathetic toward the women portrayed in these representations and troubled about the crimes for which they have been convicted. Focusing on five exemplary WIP films and a television series – Ann Vickers, Caged, Caged Heat, Stranger Inside, Civil Brand, and Orange Is the New Black – Women, Film, and Law asks how fictional representations explore, shape, and refine beliefs about women who are incarcerated. From melodrama to exploitation, and from theatre screenings to on-demand film, television programs, and music videos, these texts bring into view the legal, economic, and political structures that criminalize women differently from men, and that target those women who are already marginalized. Women, Film, and Law convincingly argues that popular depictions of women’s imprisonment can illuminate the multiple forms of social exclusion and oppression experienced by criminalized women. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Suzanne BouclinPublisher: University of British Columbia Press Imprint: University of British Columbia Press Weight: 0.320kg ISBN: 9780774865876ISBN 10: 0774865873 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 15 November 2021 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 A Genre of One's Own 2 Reforming Prisons, Transforming Women: Ann Vickers 3 The Unattainability of Reform: Caged! 4 Recuperating Exploitation: Caged Heat 5 Representing Incarcerated Black Women: Stranger Inside and Civil Brand 6 Representation and Recalibrating the WIP Genre: Orange Is the New Black Conclusion Notes; Selected Filmography; IndexReviewsTracing filmic and television portrayals of women in prison, Suzanne Bouclin situates these representations within the current discourse of how women inmates are treated in real life. This is a very important conversation that is overlooked at times. --Yvonne D. Sims, South Carolina State University Tracing filmic and television portrayals of women in prison, Suzanne Bouclin situates these representations within the current discourse of how women inmates are treated in real life. This is a very important conversation that is overlooked at times. --Yvonne D. Sims, South Carolina State University Tracing filmic and television portrayals of women in prison, Suzanne Bouclin situates these representations within the current discourse of how women inmates are treated in real life. This is a very important conversation that is overlooked at times. -Yvonne D. Sims, South Carolina State University Tracing filmic and television portrayals of women in prison, Suzanne Bouclin situates these representations within the current discourse of how women inmates are treated in real life. This is a very important conversation that is overlooked at times. -- Yvonne D. Sims, South Carolina State University An excellent analysis of the social significance of the women-in-prison genre. -- Mark Bernhardt * Criminal Law and Criminal Justice * Author InformationSuzanne Bouclin is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. She has published in both French and English in a wide array of periodicals, including the Canadian Journal of Women in the Law, Public Law, the Canadian Journal of Law and Society, and the e-journal Literature, History of Ideas, Images and Societies of the English-Speaking World. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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