Orange is the New Black. An Anthropological Perspective
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The proposed research is a qualitative analysis of the fiction series Orange is the new Black; this shows how life is in women's prisons in the United States. It is a tale about a true story, the Piper Kerman´s true story, who experienced how her life changed in a moment because of a drug deal in which he was involved in the past. In this work we are going to know how this series of fiction built an anthropological perspective on certain sociocultural issues as lesbianism, corruption, power abuse and its implementation. All through a comprehensive review of the components of the story. Ethics and morality, universal cultural constructs in Western society, are questioned. The actions of individuals and their effects only make sense when relate to their specific context in Orange is the new black.
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