John A. McCoy Concrete Mama (Paperback) Concrete Mama (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: Concrete MamaCondition: NewDescription: Journalists John McCoy and Ethan Hoffman spent four months inside the walls of the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla in 1978, just as Washington, once a leader in prison reform, abandoned its focus on reform and rehabilitation and returned to cell time and punishment. It was a brutal transition.McCoy and Hoffman roamed the maximum-security compound almost at will, observing and befriending prisoners and guards. The result is a striking depiction of a community in which there was little to do, much to fear, and a culture that both mimicked and scorned the outside world. McCoy’s unadorned prose and Hoffman’s stunning black-and-white photographs offer as authentic a portrayal of life in the Big House as “outsiders” are ever likely to experience.Originally published in 1981, Concrete Mama revealed a previously unseen stark and complex world of life on the inside, for which it won the Washington State Book Award. Long unavailable yet still relevant, it is revitalized in a second edition with an introduction by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book's ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs.Author: John A. McCoyContributor: Dan Berger (Introduction by), Ethan Hoffman (Photographs by)Country/Region of Manufacture: USEAN: 9780295743981Edition: second editionFormat: PaperbackGenre: Arts & PhotographyISBN: 9780295743981ISBN-10: 0295743980Item Height: 203mmItem Length: 229mmItem Weight: 816gLanguage: EnglishPublisher: University of Washington PressRelease Date: 10/16/2018Book Series: Concrete MamaSubtitle: Prison Profiles from Walla WallaTopic: Society & Culture, Social SciencesRelease Year: 2018 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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