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Abolition. Feminism. Now. / Angela Y. Davis, Gina Dent, Erica R. Meiners, and Beth E. Richie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Abolitionist papers seriesPublication details: Dublin : Penguin Random House UK, 2022Description: xiv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9780241543740
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.42 23
LOC classification:
  • HV7936.R3 D38 2022
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.
Summary: 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.

Includes bibliographic references (pages 192-225) and index.

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.

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.