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Louise Purbrick is Tutor in Design History, Royal College of Arts, UK.

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In this brilliant study of a place known to most only as an icon, Purbrick asks who and what made the H Blocks? As she shows, these processes are ongoing, long after the prison’s closure. Deeply sensitive to the challenge of writing about the trauma of others, she fills the site with bodies and things, politics and feelings. * David Crowley, Head of the School of Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design, Ireland *

Table of Contents
List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Building the Blocks 2. Living in the Cells 3. The Global Witness and the Hunger Strike 4. Women Visitors: Waiting to Understand Prison Architecture 5. Erasure: The Last Murals and Final Performance of Long Kesh/Maze 6. On eBay: Who Owns the Keys of the H Blocks? Conclusion Bibliography Index

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Visual Arts
      Published 23 February 2023
      ISBN-13 9781350240025
      978-1350240025
      ISBN-10 1350240028
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      Architecture: public and commercial Theory of architecture

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Louise Purbrick is Tutor in Design History, Royal College of Arts, UK.

      Trade Review
      In this brilliant study of a place known to most only as an icon, Purbrick asks who and what made the H Blocks? As she shows, these processes are ongoing, long after the prison’s closure. Deeply sensitive to the challenge of writing about the trauma of others, she fills the site with bodies and things, politics and feelings. * David Crowley, Head of the School of Visual Culture, National College of Art and Design, Ireland *

      Table of Contents
      List of Figures Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Building the Blocks 2. Living in the Cells 3. The Global Witness and the Hunger Strike 4. Women Visitors: Waiting to Understand Prison Architecture 5. Erasure: The Last Murals and Final Performance of Long Kesh/Maze 6. On eBay: Who Owns the Keys of the H Blocks? Conclusion Bibliography Index

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