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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Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of Verona
2019-12-01
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| description | 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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| spelling | doaj.art-6c07bb32d19541f38cc996111bc4e98e2022-12-21T22:40:58ZengDepartment of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the University of VeronaIperstoria2281-45822019-12-0101410.13136/2281-4582/2019.i14.418334La gabbia è piena. Orange is the New Black e il Complesso Carcerario IndustrialeValeria GenneroValeria 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.https://iperstoria.it/article/view/418 |
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