Food as a Mechanism of Control and Resistance in Jails and Prisons

Name: Food as a Mechanism of Control and Resistance in Jails and Prisons
Brand: Lexington Books
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Murguia explores food and foodways within institutions of incarceration. Food, like all resources within total institutions, is vulnerable to social manipulation. Within jail and prison settings, food becomes both a mechanism of control and resistance. In the former, the type of food, its quality, its quantity, and the symbolic significance of its presence or absence all contribute to the socio-political experience of the incarcerated—perhaps even adding an extra form of punishment to one’s sentence not measured in time, but rather in terms of cruelty. In the latter, the incarcerated may view the preparation of food, the innovation it may undergo, its consumption, or even the refusal of its consumption along these same socio-political lines. Thus viewing food within jail and prison as social facts that engender real consequences reveals a virtually uncharted area of research for understanding the intersection between food and life within the confines of incarceration.Of this line of inquiry, Murguia asks how food is employed as a means to control prisoners and, conversely, how do prisoners employ food in the service of resistance. As his analysis suggests, this text emphasizes a need to advance a broader discussion about the diets of prisoners.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 128
Release Date:: 2020-09-15
Publication Date:: 2020-08-13
Publisher:: Lexington Books
Languages:: Original: English
ISBN10:: 149857310X
ISBN13:: 9781498573108
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 198 g
Height:: 15.2 cm
Width:: 22.9 cm
Thickness:: 0.7 cm

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