Global Lockdown (eBook, ePUB)

Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial Complex
Redaktion: Sudbury, Julia

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Global Lockdown is the first book to apply a transnational feminist framework to the study of criminalization and imprisonment. The distinguished contributors to this collection offer a variety of perspectives, from former prisoners to advocates to scholars from around the world. The book is a must-read for anyone concerned by mass incarceration and the growth of the prison-industrial complex within and beyond U.S. borders, as well as those interested in globalization and resistance.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. März 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317793663
• Artikelnr.: 40824348

Autorenporträt

Julia Sudbury is Canada Research Chair in Social Justice, Equity, and Diversity at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. She is the author of Other Kindsof Dreams: Black Women's Organizations and the Politicsof Transformation.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Feminist Critiques, Transnational Landscapes, Abolitionist
Visions, Julia Sudbury Part I: Criminalizing Survival 1. Domestic Enemies
and Carceral Circles: African Women and Criminalization in Italy, Asale
Angel-Ajani 2. Challenging the Criminalization of Women Who Resist, Lisa
Neve and Kim Pate 3. Victims and Agents of Crime: The New Crusade Against
Trafficking, Kamala Kempadoo 4. The Prison-Industrial Complex in Indigenous
California, Stormy Ogden 5. Through the Eyes of a Strong Black Woman
Survivor of Domestic Violence: An Australian Story, Robbie Kina 6. Queering
Antiprison Work: African American Lesbians in the Juvenile Justice System,
Beth Richie 7. Imprisoned for Zina: Geopolitics and Women's Narratives in
Pakistan, Shahnaz Khan Part II: Women in the Global Prison 8. Modern Day
Slavery: Inside the Prison-Industrial Complex, Kemba Smith 9. Remaking Big
Government: Immigration and Crime Control in the United States, Rebecca
Bohrman and Naomi Murakawa 10. Las Mujeres Olvidadas: Women in Mexican
Prisons, Cristina Jose-Kampfner, Translated by Dereka Rushbrook 11. Latinas
and the War on Drugs in the United States, Latin America and Europe,
Juanita Díaz-Cotto 12. From Neighborhood to Prison: Women and the War on
Drugs in Portugal, Manuela Ivone Pereira da Cunha 13. Mules, Yardies and
Other Folk Devils: Mapping Cross-Border Imprisonment in Britain, Julia
Sudbury 14. Nigerian Women in Prison: Hostages in Law, Biko Agozino 15.
Occupied Territories, Resisting Women: Palestinian Women Political
Prisoners, Elham Bayour 16. Playing Global Cop: U.S. Militarism and the
Prison-Industrial Complex, Linda Evans Part III: From Criminalization to
Resistance 17. Pierce the Future for Hope: Mothers and Prisoners in the
Post-Keynesian California Landscape, Ruth Wilson Gilmore 18. The Justice
for Women Campaign: Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors in
Post-Apartheid South Africa, Lisa Vetten and Kailash Bhana 19. Reproductive
Rights in Nepal: From Criminalization to Resistance, Melissa Upreti 20.
Sisters Inside: Speaking Out Against Criminal Injustice, Debbie Kilroy