The prison city. Space, community and ethnicization processes

Santorso, Simone

Abstract

This article is based on an ethnographic research in the prisons of the Triveneto region. By focusing in particular on the prison in Padua, it analyzes the construction of migrant otherness within the prisoner community and the detention space. Taking into consideration the spatial organization of this prison, it proposes a parallel between prison life and urban space. First, the article describes the process of construction of migrants' otherness within the prisoner community; second, it analyses the relationship between the spatial dimension and ethnicization processes within the prison. Finally, the article takes into consideration the role played by such processes of ethnicization in the cohesion of prisoner community.

Citation

Santorso, S. (2016). The prison city. Space, community and ethnicization processes. Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa, 227-248. https://doi.org/10.3240/84119

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Nov 9, 2015
• Publication Date: May 1, 2016
• Deposit Date: Aug 8, 2018
• Journal: Etnografia e Ricerca Qualitativa
• Print ISSN: 1973-3194
• Publisher: Società Editrice il Mulino
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 227-248
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.3240/84119
• Keywords: Prisoner Community; Migrant Otherness; Spatial Dimension; Prison; Ethnography
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/972561
• Publisher URL: https://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.3240/84119