Widening the Circle: Prison Arts Performances as Gifts

After outlining the major benefits — and problems — of both in-class and public prison arts performances, and presenting an explication of gifts found in Lewis Hyde’s The Gift: Imagination and the Erotic Life of Property, I offer a normative lens through which these performances should be viewed: a...

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Main Author: Ryan Browne
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The University of Alabama 2022-08-01
Series:Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship
Online Access:https://account.jces.ua.edu/index.php/s-j-jces/article/view/271
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