Other suggestions: Raw Deal (noir/prison escape flic) The Prisoner (t.v. series) The Rock In the Name of the Father Some Mother's Son Woman In the Dunes (conceptual/art prison flic) >I am currently trying to work out some skeletons for a course on prisons >and asylums in print and non-print media. I hope to teach the course in >the fall, and I was hoping to get some help on it from some of you all out >there. > >This is what I have so far: >SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION >COO-COO'S NEST >12 MONKEYS >COOL HAND LUKE >KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN >HANOI HILTON >FORTUNE AND MEN'S EYES > >PAPILLON >HOMEBOY by Seth Morgan > >some Foucault >some Nietzsche > >THIS IS WHAT I AM STILL CONCERNED ABOUT: > >1. The texts are all male based thus far, and I would like to make sure >that there is a further investigation of gender and sexuality issues from >different positionalities. > >2. The texts thus far are also very traditional Western texts, and I >would like to diversify it more to provide different perspectives and >shcema for thinking through these issues. > >3. This list is also not enought to go by yet, so I would appreciate any >and all suggestions you might have to flesh it out better. There is a lot >I am missing, I know, but I have just started. > >4. I would also be interested in what other people might have done with a >course like this or with these issues in their thinking and in their >classes. I have a background in teaching in corrections, but I have not >done much work with theories of corrections outside of Bentham and >Foucault. > >thanks, >brian > >====================================== >brian k aurand >cmlt >university of maryland at college park >[log in to unmask] >301-405-2853 >====================================== > >---- >To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L >in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask] ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. Problems? Contact [log in to unmask]