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Book Synopsis

Escobar examines the criminalization of Latina (im)migrants, delving into questions of reproduction, technologies of power, and social justice in a prison system that consistently devalues the lives of Latinas.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction. Shifting the Conversation from (Im)migrant Rights to Abolition
  • Chapter 1. Understanding the Roots of Latina (Im)migrants' Captivity
  • Chapter 2. Reinforcing Gendered Racial Boundaries: Unintended Consequences of (Im)migrant Rights Discourse
  • Chapter 3. Violent Formations: Criminalizing and Disciplining (Im)migrant Women
  • Chapter 4. Domesticating (Im)migration: Coordinating State Violence beyond the Nation-State
  • Chapter 5. Emancipation Is Not Freedom: A Reflection and Critique of Advocacy Abolition
  • Conclusion. Envisioning and Performing Freedom
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

Captivity Beyond Prisons

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 29 January 2016
      ISBN-13 9781477309018
      978-1477309018
      ISBN-10 1477309012
      Also in:
      Crime and criminology Ethnic studies / Ethnicity Migration, immigration and emigration

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Escobar examines the criminalization of Latina (im)migrants, delving into questions of reproduction, technologies of power, and social justice in a prison system that consistently devalues the lives of Latinas.

      Table of Contents

      • Acknowledgments
      • Abbreviations
      • Introduction. Shifting the Conversation from (Im)migrant Rights to Abolition
      • Chapter 1. Understanding the Roots of Latina (Im)migrants' Captivity
      • Chapter 2. Reinforcing Gendered Racial Boundaries: Unintended Consequences of (Im)migrant Rights Discourse
      • Chapter 3. Violent Formations: Criminalizing and Disciplining (Im)migrant Women
      • Chapter 4. Domesticating (Im)migration: Coordinating State Violence beyond the Nation-State
      • Chapter 5. Emancipation Is Not Freedom: A Reflection and Critique of Advocacy Abolition
      • Conclusion. Envisioning and Performing Freedom
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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