Sound, Order and Survival in Prison
The Rhythms and Routines of HMP Midtown

By (author) Kate Herrity

ISBN13: 9781529229486

Imprint: Bristol University Press

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Published: 15/07/2025

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Description
The soundscape of prison life is that of constant clangs, bangs and jangles. What is the significance of this cacophonous din to those who live and work with it? This book tells the story of a year spent with a UK prison community, bringing its social world vividly to life for the first time through aural ethnography. Kate Herrity’s sensory criminology challenges current thinking on how power is experienced by the imprisoned and the lasting effects of incarceration for all who spend time in these environments.
1. Just Landed 2. What Are You Hearing, Right Now? 3. Warp and Weft 4. “He’s Never Even Had a Magnum!” 5. Weft and Warp 6. A Night Inside 7. Talk to Me 8. Kackerlackas 9. A Kettle, a Penguin and a Word Arrow 10. Emotional Contagion 11. Arrhythmia 12. Polyrhythmia 13. Jingle Jangle 14. Disentangling Power and Order 15. Learning the “Everyday Tune” 16. Listening To Power 17. Singing Frogs, Looping the Slam 18. The Auld Triangle 19. The Hustle and Bustle 20. Phasing 21. Polyrhythmia Revisited 22. Bells, Whistles, Ships and Prisons 23. Shipping Out 24. References
  • Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography
  • Prisons
  • General (US: Trade)
  • Professional & Vocational
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