FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM

FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM

Currently, there are over 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States. The growing epidemic of the prison industrial complex creates a critical situation; performance studies offers significant ways to address the increasing problems of incarceration. The purpose of this study is to contr...

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Main Author: Collins, Christopher
Format: Others
Published: OpenSIUC 2009
Subjects:
Food
Metaphor
Performance
Prison
Online Access:https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/92
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=dissertations
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spelling ndltd-siu.edu-oai-opensiuc.lib.siu.edu-dissertations-10922018-12-20T04:26:44Z FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM Collins, Christopher Currently, there are over 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States. The growing epidemic of the prison industrial complex creates a critical situation; performance studies offers significant ways to address the increasing problems of incarceration. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the intersection of academic literature connecting penal studies, food studies, and performance studies. I argue that an analysis of food as a performance medium serves as an alternative means for understanding how prisoners negotiate prison life. Food as a performance medium also exposes the operation of the prison industrial complex. 2009-12-01T08:00:00Z text application/pdf https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/92 https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1092&context=dissertations Dissertations OpenSIUC Food Metaphor Performance Prison
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topic Food
Metaphor
Performance
Prison
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Metaphor
Performance
Prison
Collins, Christopher
FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
description Currently, there are over 2.2 million people incarcerated in the United States. The growing epidemic of the prison industrial complex creates a critical situation; performance studies offers significant ways to address the increasing problems of incarceration. The purpose of this study is to contribute to the intersection of academic literature connecting penal studies, food studies, and performance studies. I argue that an analysis of food as a performance medium serves as an alternative means for understanding how prisoners negotiate prison life. Food as a performance medium also exposes the operation of the prison industrial complex.
author Collins, Christopher
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title FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
title_short FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
title_full FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
title_fullStr FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
title_full_unstemmed FOOD AND PERFORMANCE IN THE PRISON SYSTEM
title_sort food and performance in the prison system
publisher OpenSIUC
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url https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/92
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