Music-Making in U.S. Prisons
eBook - PDF

Music-Making in U.S. Prisons

Listening to Incarcerated Voices

  1. 232 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Music-Making in U.S. Prisons

Listening to Incarcerated Voices

About this book

The U.S. incarceration machine imprisons more people than in any other country. Music-Making in U.S. Prisons looks at the role music-making can play in achieving goals of accountability and healing that challenge the widespread assumption that prisons and punishment keep societies safe.

The book's synthesis of historical research, contemporary practices, and pedagogies of music-making inside prisons reveals that, prior to the 1970s tough-on-crime era, choirs, instrumental ensembles, and radio shows bridged lives inside and outside prisons. Mass incarceration had a significant negative impact on music programs. Despite this setback, current programs testify to the potency of music education to support personal and social growth for people experiencing incarceration and deepen social awareness of the humanity found behind prison walls.

Cohen and Duncan argue that music-making creates opportunities to humanize the complexity of crime, sustain meaningful relationships between incarcerated individuals and their families, and build social awareness of the prison industrial complex. The authors combine scholarship and personal experience to guide music educators, music aficionados, and social activists to create restorative social practices through music-making.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. INTRODUCTION: US Incarceration, the Prison Industrial Complex, and Building Relationships
  8. 1. WHY MUSIC-MAKING IN PRISONS?
  9. 2. "MIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT": Historical Reflections on Music-Making in US Prisons
  10. 3. "I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO STEP OUTSIDE THEIR COMFORT ZONE": Developing Agency through Instrumental Music Education in Prisons
  11. 4. "THEIR SINGING SAVED ME": Social Awareness through Choral Singing
  12. 5. "LIFE WITHIN THESE WALLS": The Dynamic and Interactive Nature of Songwriting in Prisons
  13. 6. "SO MUCH MORE": Pedagogies That Support Human Dignity and Social Responsibility for Musical Communities Working toward Abolition of the Prison Industrial Complex
  14. A Note on the Cover
  15. Acknowledgements
  16. Notes
  17. Works Cited
  18. Index