From Oz to Lockup: Bringing Prison Life (Back) Home
This paper examines HBO’s prison drama Oz. I connect the 1990s depictions of prison life in Oz to the more recent prevalence of prison shows like Lockup, currently shown weekly on MSNBC. While the two series belong to different genres (fictional drama vs. documentary/docudrama) they give us a window...
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Groupe de Recherche Identités et Cultures
2012-05-01
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| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/tvseries/1540 |