El Jones
Abolitionist Intimacies
Abolitionist Intimacies
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El Jones' book "Abolitionist Intimacies" explores the movement to abolish prisons through Black feminist principles of care and collectivity, highlighting the role of intimacy in state violence and the ongoing struggles of prisoners for justice and liberation.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 192 pages
Publication date: 17 January 2023
Publisher: Fernwood Publishing Co Ltd
El Jones delves into the movement to abolish prisons by examining the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity in her book, Abolitionist Intimacies. By understanding the history of prisons in Canada in relation to settler colonialism and anti-Black racism, Jones highlights how practices of intimacy are infused with state violence at carceral sites such as prisons, policing, and borders, as well as through purported care institutions like hospitals and social work. The state also employs mechanisms such as prison visits, strip searches, and managing community contact with incarcerated individuals to police intimacy. Despite these efforts, Jones argues that intimacy plays a crucial role in the ongoing struggles of prisoners for justice and liberation through the care work of building relationships and organizing with the people inside.
Through her characteristic fierce and personal prose and poetry, driven by a decade of prison justice work, Jones observes that abolition is not merely a political movement to end prisons; it is also an intimate one deeply motivated by commitment and love. By centering the experiences and perspectives of Black women and other marginalized communities, Jones offers a powerful critique of the carceral system and advocates for a more compassionate and just approach to addressing crime and justice. Abolitionist Intimacies is a groundbreaking work that challenges readers to think critically about the role of intimacy in perpetuating systems of oppression and inequality and offers a vision for a more liberated and equitable world.
Weight: 322g
Dimension: 152 x 231 x 31 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781773635521
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