World-renowned activist Angela Davis discusses how mass incarceration has had little or no effect on crime, how disproportionate numbers of the poor and minorities end up in prison, and the obscene profits the system generates.
First published in 1982 and now reissued, a collection of essays from this political commentator which examines the lives and achievements of black women under slavery and white women workers under industrialism.
University professor and 1960s activist Angela Davis's erudite and sweeping examination of the careers of two of the blues' best known interpreters, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, plus the jazz singer Billie Holiday, looks at the roots of the blues' lyrical obsessions with sexuality (this sexuality frequently being the only factor in their ...
A sequel of sorts to the author's masterful Women, Race And Class, this book examines the critical issues important to women: racism, violence, health, children, education and peace.
University professor and 1960s activist Angela Davis's erudite and sweeping examination of the careers of two of the blues' best known interpreters, Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, plus the jazz singer Billie Holiday, looks at the roots of the blues' lyrical obsessions with sexuality (this sexuality frequently being the only factor in their ...
Like Race Matters and Playing in the Dark, The House That Race Built is a cutting-edge work that confronts, honestly and passionately, the most critical issues facing American culture today along the fissure of race. In these essays, brought together by the scholar Wahneema Lubiano, some of today's most respected intellectuals share their ideas on ...
Art as activism; "This ain't no Dreamgirls," Rhodessa Jones warns participants in the Medea Project, the theater program for incarcerated women that she founded and directs. Her expectations are grounded in reality, tempered, for example, by the fact that women are the fastest growing population in U.S. prisons. Still, Jones believes that by ...
For three decades, Angela Y. Davis has written on liberation theory and democratic praxis. Challenging the foundations of mainstream discourse, her analyses of culture, gender, capital, and race have profoundly influenced democratic theory, antiracist feminism, critical studies and political struggles. Even for readers who primarily know her as a ...
Over the last generation, the U.S. prison systems have grown at a rate unparalleled in history, creating what many call a Prison Industrial Complex. Angela Davis explains what happens to our legal system when we lock up more people for longer sentences, which industries are a part of the Prison Industrial Complex, and how to stop or slow prison ...
We guarantee every item's condition, as described on Alibris. If you are not satisfied that an item is as described, return your purchase for a refund.
