{"product_id":"concrete-mama-prison-profiles-from-walla-walla-paperback","title":"Concrete Mama: Prison Profiles from Walla Walla - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEthan Hoffman\u003c\/b\u003e (Photographer), \u003cb\u003eJohn A. McCoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDan Berger\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalists 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMcCoy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1981, \u003ci\u003eConcrete Mama\u003c\/i\u003e 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by scholar Dan Berger that provides historical context for the book's ongoing resonance, along with several previously unpublished photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn A. McCoy is the author of \u003ci\u003eA Still and Quiet Conscience\u003c\/i\u003e, a biography of Seattle Archbishop Raymond G. Hunthausen. He was a reporter and editor at the \u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWalla Walla Union-Bulletin\u003c\/i\u003e and has taught writing courses at the University of Washington-Tacoma and Seattle University. Ethan Hoffman (1949-1990) was a photographer for the \u003ci\u003eLondon Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eParis Match\u003c\/i\u003e, and his photo essays appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFortune\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eLife\u003c\/i\u003e. His photography has been exhibited in several museums, including the Smithsonian. Dan Berger is associate professor at the University of Washington Bothell, and an interdisciplinary historian focusing on critical prison studies. He is the author of several books, including \u003ci\u003eCaptive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era\u003c\/i\u003e, and coauthor most recently of \u003ci\u003eRethinking the American Prison Movement\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 16, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754134831392,"sku":"9780295743981","price":43.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/0c5a4dbb4206ebb4cd8eb5f389600296.webp?v=1780034165","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/concrete-mama-prison-profiles-from-walla-walla-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}