Punishment in Popular Culture

by Austin Sarat

Book Overview

The way a society punishes demonstrates its commitment to standards of judgment and justice, its distinctive views of blame and responsibility, and its particular way of responding to evil. Punishment in Popular Culture examines the cultural presuppositions that undergird America's distinctive approach to punishment and analyzes punishment as a set of images, a spectacle of condemnation. It recognizes that the semiotics of punishment is all around...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479833525
• ISBN13: 9781479833528
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.7"