Food as a Mechanism of Control and Resistance in Jails and Prisons

Food as a Mechanism of Control and Resistance in Jails and Prisons
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Publisher : Lexington Books
Total Pages : 129
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ISBN-10 : 9781498573092
ISBN-13 : 1498573096
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Book Synopsis Food as a Mechanism of Control and Resistance in Jails and Prisons by : Salvador Jiménez Murguía

Download or read book Food as a Mechanism of Control and Resistance in Jails and Prisons written by Salvador Jiménez Murguía and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Murguia explores food and foodways within institutions of incarceration. Food, like all resources within total institutions, is vulnerable to social manipulation. Within jail and prison settings, food becomes both a mechanism of control and resistance. In the former, the type of food, its quality, its quantity, and the symbolic significance of its presence or absence all contribute to the socio-political experience of the incarcerated—perhaps even adding an extra form of punishment to one’s sentence not measured in time, but rather in terms of cruelty. In the latter, the incarcerated may view the preparation of food, the innovation it may undergo, its consumption, or even the refusal of its consumption along these same socio-political lines. Thus viewing food within jail and prison as social facts that engender real consequences reveals a virtually uncharted area of research for understanding the intersection between food and life within the confines of incarceration. Of this line of inquiry, Murguia asks how food is employed as a means to control prisoners and, conversely, how do prisoners employ food in the service of resistance. As his analysis suggests, this text emphasizes a need to advance a broader discussion about the diets of prisoners.


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