Carceral Aesthetics Justified
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5246793 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matthew J Kelly (0000-0002-3243-4861, corresponding author), Michael Kelly (0009-0009-2238-0546) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 287-301 |
| Publication date | 2022-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African American Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1062-4783 • E-ISSN: 1945-6182 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/afa.2022.0041 |
| OpenAlex | W4318444074 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Nicole Fleetwood’s recent book, Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration , is distinctive because she engages with “carceral aesthetics,” yet she does not provide a justification for it. I think Herbert Marcuse is right, however, that we must justify aesthetics in relation to any space where human misery reigns. Carceral aesthetics can be justified in four ways: the etymology of aesthetics; its indispensability in prisons because it is denied there; a philosophical genealogy of aesthetics as a response to injustice; and the bond between prison art and carceral aesthetics as seen from the perspective of prison artists. Such justification only strengthens Fleetwood’s case for the importance of prison art
Aesthetics · Art · Criminology · Injustice · Prison · Sociology · Visual arts · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Feminism, Gender, and Sexuality Studies · Law in Society and Culture · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 0,33 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |