The Carceral Network in Ireland: History, Agency and Resistance (1st ed. 2020) (Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology)

Synopsis

This book examines the forms and practices of Irish confinement from the 19th century to present-day to explore the social and political failings of 20th and 21st century postcolonial Ireland. Building on an interdisciplinary conference held in the Crumlin Road Gaol, Belfast, the methodological approaches adopted across this book range from the historical and archival to the sociological, political, and literary. This edited collection touches on topics such as industrial schools, Magdalen laundries, struggles and resistance in prisons both North and South, Direct Provision, and the ways in which prison experiences have been represented in literature, cinema, and the arts. It sketches out an uncomfortable picture of the techniques for policing bodies deployed in Ireland for over a century. This innovative study seeks to establish a link between Ireland’s inhumane treatment of women and children, of prisoners, and of asylum seekers today, and to expose and pinpoint modes of resistance to these situations.

Copyright:

2020

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Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9783030421847

Related ISBNs:

9783030421830

Publisher:

Springer International Publishing

Date of Addition:

07/01/20

Copyrighted By:

The Editor

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

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No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Literature and Fiction, Social Studies, Language Arts, Politics and Government

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This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Fiona McCann