{"product_id":"building-abolition-decarceration-and-social-justice-paperback","title":"Building Abolition: Decarceration and Social Justice - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKelly Montford\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eChloë Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBuilding Abolition: Decarceration and Social Justice\u003c\/em\u003e explores the intersections of the carceral in projects of oppression, while at the same time providing intellectual, pragmatic, and undetermined paths toward abolition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrison abolition is at once about the institution of the prison, and a broad, intersectional political project calling for the end of the social structured by settler colonialism, anti-black racism, and related oppressions. Beyond this, prison abolition is a constructive project that imagines and strives for a transformed world in which justice is not equated with punishment, and accountability is not equated with caging. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed of sixteen chapters by an international team of scholars and activists, with a Foreword by Perry Zurn and an Afterword by Justin Piché, the book is divided into four themes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Prisons and Racism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Prisons and Settler Colonialism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Anti-Carceral Feminisms\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Multispecies Carceralities.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will be of interest to undergraduate and postgraduate students, activists, and scholars working in the areas of Critical Prison Studies, Critical Criminology, Native Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Black Studies, Critical Race Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Critical Animal Studies, with particular chapters being of interest to scholars and students in other fields, such as, Feminist Legal Studies, Animal Law, Critical Disability Studies, Queer Theory, and Transnational Feminisms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKelly Struthers Montford\u003c\/strong\u003e is Assistant Professor of Criminology at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada, situated on Treaty 13 territory, and the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChloë Taylor is Professor of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, situated on Treaty 6 territory, a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway\/ Saulteaux\/Anishinaabe, and Inuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 332\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 9.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47463676215474,"sku":"9780367770280","price":93.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/cd4ebc8e68429540aa2795982f89556f.webp?v=1778991688","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/building-abolition-decarceration-and-social-justice-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}