Jovan Scott Lewis

Scammer's Yard

The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

"Tells the story of Jamaican "scammers" who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair"--

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Minnesota Press
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Oktober 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 326g
• ISBN-13: 9781517909987
• ISBN-10: 1517909988
• Artikelnr.: 59993194

Autorenporträt

Jovan Scott Lewis is assistant professor of geography and African American Studies at University of California, Berkeley.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Introduction: To Be Poor Is a Crime
1. The Planation Remains: A History of Sufferation
2. Free Zones: Manipulated Development after Structural Adjustment
3. Black Markets: The Color of Crime
4. Repairing Blackness: Seizing Reparations through the Scam
Conclusion: Black Life beyond Repair
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index