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COM.ONIXSUITE.9781931404112 03 01 City Lights Books 01 GCOI 87286100483990 02 1931404119 03 9781931404112 15 9781931404112 BC 1 B01 Bliss, Sharon E. Sharon E. Bliss 2 B01 Chen, Kevin B. Kevin B. Chen 3 B01 Dickison, Steve Steve Dickison 4 B01 Johnson, Mark Dean Mark Dean Johnson 5 B01 Rodriguez, Rebeka Rebeka Rodriguez 01 eng 96 00 96 03 80 20 american prison system;angela davis;art;prison art;prison culture;prisons 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Art, Music, Cinema & Drama 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Cultural Studies 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Essays 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Poetry 24 Internet CL Hierarchy Politics 01 <P><strong><br /> </strong></p> <P>Over two million individuals are behind bars in U.S. prisons, living in isolation from their families and their communities. <em>Prison/Culture</em> investigates the culture of incarceration as an integral part of the American experience through a compilation of stunning and often heartrending art by inmates, as well as artists on the outside, such as Sandow Birk and Keith Antar Mason, who address incarceration, criminal profiling, wrongful conviction, prison labor, and the death penalty. The book also includes essays on prisons and prison art by Angela Davis and Mike Davis, and poetry by Amiri Baraka, Ericka Huggins, Luis Rodriguez, Sesshu Foster, and more.</p> 02 Nearly fifty artists, poets, and activists examine the contemporary prison system through heartrending art and community 08 <p>"The City Lights Foundation has published <em>Prison Culture</em>, a thought-provoking collection of art - everything from paintings to poems to plays - that explores the experience of incarceration. Produced in collaboration with San Francisco State and Intersection for the Arts, the book also features essays by and interviews with prominent artists, scholars and activists."</p> San Francisco Chronicle 08 <p>"<em>Prison/Culture</em> is simultaneously a consolidation of achievement, a fortification of resources and celebration of resistance. This may be a book with a Californian focus, but it has national and international relevance. Succinct, well researched, egalitarian and lively."</p> <p>—Pete Brook</p> Prison Photography 08 <p>"<em>Prison/Culture</em> chronicles classical and contemporary artistic exploration of the prison and the power of the arts to both educate and liberate."</p> Daily Kos 23 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/Prison_Culture_Motorcycle_Bones.pdf 23 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/Prison_Culture_Scroll.pdf 23 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/Prison-Culture_back_cover_FINAL.pdf 23 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/extras/CLPrisonCulture.pdf 04 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/images/87286100483990L.jpg 07 03 72 01 http://www.citylights.com/resources/titles/87286100483990/images/87286100483990S.jpg http://www.citylights.com/book/?GCOI=87286100483990 City Lights Foundation Books 01 City Lights Foundation Books 20091216 08 16 oz City Lights Books 01 WORLD 20 20091216 01 02 19.95 USD