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The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? This book tells the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividly to life for the first time through aural ethnography. Kate Herrity’s sensory criminology challenges current thinking on how power is experienced by the imprisoned and the lasting effects of incarceration for all who spend time in these environments.

Table of Contents
1. Just Landed 2. What Are You Hearing, Right Now? 3. Warp and Weft 4. “He’s Never Even Had a Magnum!” 5. Weft and Warp 6. A Night Inside 7. Talk to Me 8. Kackerlackas 9. A Kettle, a Penguin and a Word Arrow 10. Emotional Contagion 11. Arrhythmia 12. Polyrhythmia 13. Jingle Jangle 14. Disentangling Power and Order 15. Learning the “Everyday Tune” 16. Listening To Power 17. Singing Frogs, Looping the Slam 18. The Auld Triangle 19. The Hustle and Bustle 20. Phasing 21. Polyrhythmia Revisited 22. Bells, Whistles, Ships and Prisons 23. Shipping Out 24. References

Sound, Order and Survival in Prison: The Rhythms

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      Publisher Bristol University Press
      Published 31 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9781529229455
      978-1529229455
      ISBN-10 1529229456
      Also in:
      Gender studies: men and boys Penology and punishment Social and cultural anthropology

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? This book tells the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividly to life for the first time through aural ethnography. Kate Herrity’s sensory criminology challenges current thinking on how power is experienced by the imprisoned and the lasting effects of incarceration for all who spend time in these environments.

      Table of Contents
      1. Just Landed 2. What Are You Hearing, Right Now? 3. Warp and Weft 4. “He’s Never Even Had a Magnum!” 5. Weft and Warp 6. A Night Inside 7. Talk to Me 8. Kackerlackas 9. A Kettle, a Penguin and a Word Arrow 10. Emotional Contagion 11. Arrhythmia 12. Polyrhythmia 13. Jingle Jangle 14. Disentangling Power and Order 15. Learning the “Everyday Tune” 16. Listening To Power 17. Singing Frogs, Looping the Slam 18. The Auld Triangle 19. The Hustle and Bustle 20. Phasing 21. Polyrhythmia Revisited 22. Bells, Whistles, Ships and Prisons 23. Shipping Out 24. References

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