Incarcerated Resistance - How Identity, Gender, and Privilege Shape the Experiences of America

Grounded in the lives of some of its most committed nonviolent activists, Incarcerated Resistance tells a story of anti-war resistance, what it means to "go to jail for justice" in the contemporary United States, and shows how identity matters in both the activation of prison witness, and as a key shaper of individual experience.

List of contents

Chapter 1. Justice Action Prisoners in the School of the Americas Watch and Plowshares
Movements
Chapter 2. Resistance in an Imperial State: Prison Witness
Chapter 3. Like a Chiropractic Adjustment: Aligning Actions and Beliefs Through Identity-Work
Chapter 4. Embodiment, Privilege Power, and the Experience of Action
Chapter 5. Prison Communities
Chapter 6. A Visitor in Someone Else's House: The Standpoint of Justice Action Prisoners
Chapter 7. Journey through Prison Witness: The Significance of Privilege and Gender

About the author

Anya Stanger currently teaches women's and gender studies and sociology at Sierra College, and conflict studies at Syracuse University.

Summary

Grounded in the lives of some of its most committed nonviolent activists, Incarcerated Resistance tells a story of anti-war resistance, what it means to “go to jail for justice” in the contemporary United States, and shows how identity matters in both the activation of prison witness, and as a key shaper of individual experience.

Product details

• Authors: Anya Stanger
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.04.2023
• EAN: 9781793605634
• ISBN: 978-1-79360-563-4
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > Criminal law, criminal procedural law, criminology; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, Human rights & civil liberties law, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, LAW / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Social Work, Violence in society, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Violence and abuse in society