Prisons as total institution semiospheres
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DOI: 10.12697/sss.2020.48.2-4.06
Abstract: The main objective of this article is to combine Juri Lotman’s theory of the semiosphere – including its concepts of boundary, core, and periphery – with Erving Goffman’s theory of the total institution. The purpose… read more here.
Keywords: total institution; theory; prison; lotman theory ... See more keywords