Global lockdown : race, gender, and the prison-industrial complex / edited by Julia Sudbury.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Oparah, Julia Chinyere.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Female offenders.

Women prisoners.

Prison-industrial complex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Feminist Critiques, Transnational Landscapes, Abolitionist Visions; Part I: Criminalizing Survival; Chapter 1 Domestic Enemies and Carceral Circles: African Women and Criminalization in Italy; Chapter 2 Challenging the Criminalization of Women Who Resist; Chapter 3 Victims and Agents of Crime: The New Crusade Against Trafficking; Chapter 4 The Prison-Industrial Complex in Indigenous California; Chapter 5 Through the Eyes of a Strong Black Woman Survivor of Domestic Violence: An Australian Story

Chapter 6 Queering Antiprison Work: African American Lesbians in the Juvenile Justice SystemChapter 7 Imprisoned for Zina: Geopolitics and Women's Narratives in Pakistan; Part II: Women in the Global Prison; Chapter 8 Modern Day Slavery: Inside the Prison-Industrial Complex; Chapter 9 Remaking Big Government: Immigration and Crime Control in the United States; Chapter 10 Las Mujeres Olvidadas: Women in Mexican Prisons; Chapter 11 Latinas and the War on Drugs in the United States, Latin America, and Europe; Chapter 12 From Neighborhood to Prison: Women and the War on Drugs in Portugal

Chapter 13 "Mules," "Yardies," and Other Folk Devils: Mapping Cross-Border Imprisonment in BritainChapter 14 Nigerian Women in Prison: Hostages in Law; Chapter 15 Occupied Territories, Resisting Women: Palestinian Women Political Prisoners; Chapter 16 Playing Global Cop: U.S.Militarism and the Prison-Industrial Complex; Part III: From Criminalization to Resistance; Chapter 17 Pierce the Future for Hope: Mothers and Prisoners in the Post-Keynesian California Landscape; Chapter 18 The Justice for Women Campaign: Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors in Post-Apartheid South Africa

Chapter 19 Reproductive Rights in Nepal: From Criminalization to ResistanceChapter 20 Sisters Inside: Speaking Out Against Criminal Injustice; Contributor Biographies; Selected Bibliography; Index

Notes:

First published 2005 by Routledge.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-415-95057-0

1-315-81081-6

1-317-79366-8

1-317-79367-6

9781315810812

OCLC:

875097082