Incarcerated resistance: how identity, gender, and privilege shape the experiences of America's nonviolent activists

Justice action prisoners in the school of the Americas watch and plowshares movements -- Resistance in an imperial state: prison witness -- Like a chiropractic adjustment: aligning actions and beliefs through identity-work -- Embodiment, privilege power, and the experience of action -- Prison commun...

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Main Author: Stanger, Anya 1979- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham Boulder New York London Lexington Books [2022]
In:Year: 2022
Online Access: Table of Contents
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Keywords:
Passive resistance > United States
Civil Disobedience > United States
Peace Movements > United States
Prisoners > Political activity > United States
USA > Friedensbewegung > Gewaltloser Widerstand > Aktivismus > Diskriminierung > Justizvollzugsanstalt
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Summary:Justice action prisoners in the school of the Americas watch and plowshares movements -- Resistance in an imperial state: prison witness -- Like a chiropractic adjustment: aligning actions and beliefs through identity-work -- Embodiment, privilege power, and the experience of action -- Prison communities -- A visitor in someone else's house: the standpoint of justice action prisoners -- Journey through prison witness: the significance of privilege and gender.
"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"--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:xviii, 213 Seiten
ISBN:978-1-7936-0561-0