Food As A Mechanism Of Control And Resistance In Jails And Prisons: Diets Of Disrepute - 9781498573085

This book explores the topic of food and foodways within American jails and prisons. It focuses on food as a political item in the service of control when executed by jail and prison personnel, as well as a mechanism of resistance on the part of the prisoners themselves.

• | Author: Salvador Jimenez Murguía
• | Publisher: Lexington Books
• | Publication Date: Feb 19, 2018
• | Number of Pages: 128 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover/Social Science
• | ISBN-10: 1498573088
• | ISBN-13: 9781498573085