About the Book
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.
Table of Contents:
Introduction: Feminist Critiques, Transnational Landscapes, Abolitionist Visions, Julia Sudbury Part I: Criminalizing Survival 1. Domestic Enemies and Carceral Circles: African Women and Criminalization in Italy, Asale Angel-Ajani 2. Challenging the Criminalization of Women Who Resist, Lisa Neve and Kim Pate 3. Victims and Agents of Crime: The New Crusade Against Trafficking, Kamala Kempadoo 4. The Prison-Industrial Complex in Indigenous California, Stormy Ogden 5. Through the Eyes of a Strong Black Woman Survivor of Domestic Violence: An Australian Story, Robbie Kina 6. Queering Antiprison Work: African American Lesbians in the Juvenile Justice System, Beth Richie 7. Imprisoned for Zina: Geopolitics and Women's Narratives in Pakistan, Shahnaz Khan Part II: Women in the Global Prison 8. Modern Day Slavery: Inside the Prison-Industrial Complex, Kemba Smith 9. Remaking Big Government: Immigration and Crime Control in the United States, Rebecca Bohrman and Naomi Murakawa 10. Las Mujeres Olvidadas: Women in Mexican Prisons, Cristina Jose-Kampfner, Translated by Dereka Rushbrook 11. Latinas and the War on Drugs in the United States, Latin America and Europe, Juanita Díaz-Cotto 12. From Neighborhood to Prison: Women and the War on Drugs in Portugal, Manuela Ivone Pereira da Cunha 13. Mules, Yardies and Other Folk Devils: Mapping Cross-Border Imprisonment in Britain, Julia Sudbury 14. Nigerian Women in Prison: Hostages in Law, Biko Agozino 15. Occupied Territories, Resisting Women: Palestinian Women Political Prisoners, Elham Bayour 16. Playing Global Cop: U.S. Militarism and the Prison-Industrial Complex, Linda Evans Part III: From Criminalization to Resistance 17. Pierce the Future for Hope: Mothers and Prisoners in the Post-Keynesian California Landscape, Ruth Wilson Gilmore 18. The Justice for Women Campaign: Incarcerated Domestic Violence Survivors in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Lisa Vetten and Kailash Bhana 19. Reproductive Rights in Nepal: From Criminalization to Resistance, Melissa Upreti 20. Sisters Inside: Speaking Out Against Criminal Injustice, Debbie Kilroy
About the Author :
Julia Sudbury is Canada Research Chair in Social Justice, Equity, and Diversity at the Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto. She is the author of Other Kindsof Dreams: Black Women's Organizations and the Politicsof Transformation.
Review :
"An original, smart, and provocative volume, GlobalLockdown makes a compelling case for the convergence of abolitionist prison and anti-globalization work in the age of global capitalism, neoliberalism, and U.S. economic and political hegemony. An urgent wakeup call for scholars, activists, and social justice workers, this volume crafts a visionary and wide-ranging anti-racist, transnational feminist praxis. A critical book for these critical times." -- Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Professor of Women's Studies and Dean's Professor of the Humanities, Syracuse University, and author of Feminism WithoutBorders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity
"Julia Sudbury's powerful and persuasive edited volume, Global Lockdown, outlines in striking detail how prisons have become the international warehouses for oppressing women. Sudbury and her contributors have established in this work an exceptional resource for understanding the new political economy of criminal injustice that today undermines democratic institutions and disempowers women of color across the Global South." -- Manning Marable, Professor of Public Affairs, History, and African-American History and Director, Center for Contemporary Black History, Columbia University, and author of The Great Wells of Democracy: Race in AmericanLife
"At last, a wonderfully innovative and incisive critique of global and racialized patterns of women's imprisonment. Pathbreaking in the breadth of its geographical, theoretical, and political coverage, GlobalLockdown is a 'must-read' for anti-imprisonment and anti-globalization activists and researchers." -- Pat Carlen, Honorary Professor of Criminology, Keele University, and author of Women and Punishment: TheStruggle for Justice
"This collection of original essays signifies a major breakthrough in the literature on imprisoned women, linking globalization and incarceration trends. The essays raise serious questions about the viability of prisons, even as states and corporations are building more of them. The accounts of women's strategies of resistance are instructive, and give hope that justice can be realized." -- Karlene Faith, Professor Emerita, School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University, activist, and award-winning author
