Abolition. Feminism. Now. / Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.
Feminist organizing by marginalized populations such as queer, anticapitalist, and non-white women, has pushed for abolition as a response to forms of state and interpersonal gender and sexual violence, but have largely been erased from this political moment. Leading scholar-activists trace historic...
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| Language: | English |
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Chicago, Illinois :
Haymarket Books,
2022.
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| Series: | Abolitionist papers series.
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 245 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
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Feminist organizing by marginalized populations such as queer, anticapitalist, and non-white women, has pushed for abolition as a response to forms of state and interpersonal gender and sexual violence, but have largely been erased from this political moment. Leading scholar-activists trace historical genealogies, internationalist learnings, and everyday practices to grow our collective present and future that don't include police or new jails. |
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| Note: | Contents: Preface -- Introduction. Abolition. Feminism. Now. -- I. Abolition -- II. Feminism -- III. Now -- Epilogue -- Appendices. Intimate partner violence and state violence power and control wheel -- Incite! : critical resistance statement on gender violence and the prison industrial complex -- Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps to end imprisonment. |
| Call Number: | HV7936.R3 D38 2022 |
| Bibliography Note: | Includes bibliographic references (pages 192-225) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781642593969 1642593966 1642592587 9781642592580 |