Skin Theory: Visual Culture and the Postwar Prison Laboratory

by Visperas

Honorable Mention, Rachel Carson Prize, given by the Society for the Social Studies of Science

Finalist, 2023 ASAP Book Award, given by the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present

Studies the intersections of incarceration, medical science, and race in postwar America

In February 1966, a local newspaper described the medical science program at Holmesburg Prison, Philadelphia, a "golden opportunity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479810789
• ISBN13: 9781479810789
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.9"