Global Lockdown: Race, Gender, and the Prison-Industrial Complex
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.
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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.
Introduction : feminist critiques, transnational landscapes, abolitionist visionsCh. 1Domestic enemies and carceral circles : African women and criminalization in Italy3Ch. 2Challenging the criminalization of women who resist19Ch. 3Victims and agents of crime : the new crusade against trafficking35Ch. 4The prison-industrial complex in indigenous California57Ch. 5Through the eyes of a strong black woman survivor of domestic violence : an Australian story67Ch. 6Queering antiprison work : African American lesbians in the juvenile justice system73Ch. 7Imprisoned for Zina : geopolitics and women's narratives in Pakistan87Ch. 8Modern day slavery : inside the prison-industrial complex105Ch. 9Remaking big government : immigration and crime control in the United States109Ch. 10Las Mujeres Olvidadas : women in Mexican prisons127Ch. 11Latinas and the war on drugs in the United States, Latin America, and Europe137Ch. 12From neighborhood to prison : women and the war on drugs in Portugal155Ch. 13"Mules," "yardies," and other folk devils : mapping cross-border imprisonment in Britain167Ch. 14Nigerian women in prison : hostages in law185Ch. 15Occupied territories, resisting women : Palestinian women political prisoners201Ch. 16Playing global cop : U.S. militarism and the prison-industrial complex215Ch. 17Pierce the future for hope : mothers and prisoners in the post-Keynesian California landscape231Ch. 18The justice for women campaign : incarcerated domestic violence survivors in post-apartheid South Africa255Ch. 19Reproductive rights in Nepal : from criminalization to resistance271Ch. 20Sisters inside : speaking out against criminal injustice285
