Prisons and punishment in Texas : culture, history and museological representation /: culture, history and museological representation. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Hannah Thurston.
• Other Names: Thurston, Hannah
• Contents: Introduction -- Part I. Setting the Scene for Museological Research -- Chapter 1. The Significance of Stories in Museum Research -- Chapter 2. Becoming a Texas Tourist -- Chapter 3. Telling Tales About a 'Tough Texas' -- Part II. Representing Punishment in the United States of America -- Chapter 4. Emotionality and Cultural Stories of (In)justice -- Chapter 5. The Cultural Life of Punishment in the Southern States -- Chapter 6. Narrative Possibilities in Cultural Life Research -- Part III. The Punishment Museums of the Lone Star State -- Chapter 7. Museum Stories of a Distinctly Tough Texas -- Chapter 8. Depicting Modern Punishment as Civilised Punishment -- Chapter 9. A Narrative Journey Through Inmate Identities -- Part IV. The Texan Self-Identity Past and Present -- Chapter 10. 'Texanicity' and its Punishment Dimensions -- Chapter 11. Texan Toughness and Lone Star Memories: The Alamo and the Old West -- Chapter 12. Re-imaging Texas as a Place of Harsh Punishment -- Epilogue.
• Publisher Details: London : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 365.9764; Criminology; Prisons -- Texas -- History; Punishment -- Texas; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Penology; Prisons; Punishment; Social Science -- Criminology; Social Science -- Sociology of Religion; Social Science -- General; Social Science -- Anthropology -- Cultural; Crime & criminology; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Cultural studies; Corrections; Punishment; Crime—Sociological aspects; Cultural heritage; Penology & punishment; Texas; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137533081; 1137533080
• Related ISBNs: 9781137533074; 1137533072
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 10, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.