Concrete Mama - Prison Profiles from Walla Walla (Paperback, second edition)

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by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book's ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs.

General

Imprint:	University of Washington Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2018
Photographers:	Ethan Hoffman
Authors:	John A McCoy
Introduction by:	Dan Berger
Dimensions:	203 x 229 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	288
Edition:	second edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-295-74398-1
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic portraits Books > Arts & Architecture > Photography & photographs > Photographic collections > Photographic reportage Promotions
LSN:	0-295-74398-0
Barcode:	9780295743981

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