Jailhouse Journalism - The Fourth Estate Behind Bars

Informationen zum Autor James McGrath Morris Klappentext In the 1980s alone, some 100 periodicals were published by and for inmates of America's prisons. Unlike their peers who passed their sentences stamping out licence plates, these convicts spent their days like reporters in any community - looking for the story. Yet their own story, the lengthy history of their unique brand of journalism, remained largely unknown. In this volume James McGrath Morris seeks to address the history of this medium, the lives of the men and women who brought it to life, and the controversies that often surround it. Zusammenfassung In the 1980s alone, some 100 periodicals were published by and for inmates of America's prisons. In this volume James McGrath Morris seeks to address the history of this medium, the lives of the men and women who brought it to life, and the controversies that often surround it. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Forlorn Hope; 2: When Luceppa Bared Her Bosom; 3: The Summary; 4: The Reformists’ Newspapers; 5: The Prison Mirror; 6: The Mentor; 7: The Subterranean Brotherhood; 8: Federal Scribes; 9: Can Opener, New Era, and the Wobblies; 10: The Rose Man of Sing Sing; 11: Harelike Growth; 12: Chronicling Wrongful Imprisonment; 13: Der Ruf; 14: Leaves from a Lifer’s Notebook; 15: Yoke of Censorship; 16: Bayou Style; 17: Fighting Back; 18: The First Amendment and the Prison Press; 19: Prison Journalism Writes “-30-”

Product details

• Authors: James McGrath Morris, James McGrath/ Morris Morris
• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.02.2002
• EAN: 9780765808912
• ISBN: 978-0-7658-0891-2
• No. of pages: 251
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA, Medien-, Unterhaltungs-, Informations- und Kommunikationsindustrie, Strafrechtswissenschaft (Pönologie)