La gabbia è piena. Orange is the New Black e il Complesso Carcerario Industriale
Valeria Gennero’s “The Cage is Full” focuses on the role played by the Tv series Orange is the New Black (2013-2019), created by Jenji Kohan, in the dissemination of the term Prison-Industrial Complex in contemporary U.S. debates about racism and American identity. This essay argues that Michelle Al...
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| Language: | English |
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Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona
2019-12-01
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| Series: | Iperstoria |
| Online Access: | https://iperstoria.it/article/view/418 |
| Summary: | Valeria Gennero’s “The Cage is Full” focuses on the role played by the Tv series Orange is the New Black (2013-2019), created by Jenji Kohan, in the dissemination of the term Prison-Industrial Complex in contemporary U.S. debates about racism and American identity. This essay argues that Michelle Alexander's book The New Jim Crow (2010) was a crucial influence on the intersectional framework of Kohan’s TV project, which is characterized by an innovative reading of the growing privatization of the U.S. prison system. |
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| ISSN: | 2281-4582 |