SOC371H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: System On A Chip, Pison, Parole Parole
Document Summary
The hannah moffat and discussion on nature of parole (people can get pardon) Conditions in which people are placed make reentry impossible) Spectacle idea punishment is not just about violating the law and going to jail. Is about - how prison sites become tourist spots and drive for economic success for state. We are fascinated with violence and by the people who do these things. Gaze of tourist is constructed in a way that we are keeping us from them. Its all about separating dangerous element of world from us. Punishment is more than just looking at someone in jail, we produce these conditions in which punishment becomes more of an entertainment spectacle. Online game, buying your own electric chair. There is a reason why we don"t have a tour in class prisoners have a hard time having people look at them, and not allowed to interact.
