Abolitionist Intimacies

by El Jones

In Abolitionist Intimacies, El Jones examines the movement to abolish prisons through the Black feminist principles of care and collectivity. Understanding the history of prisons in Canada in their relationship to settler colonialism and anti-Black racism, Jones observes how practices of intimacy become imbued with state violence at carceral sites including prisons, policing and borders, as well as through purported care institutions such as hospitals...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1773635522
• ISBN13: 9781773635521
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Fernwood Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.9"