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AfroLatinx Feminist Epistemologies of Tranceformation
How AfroLatinx artists transform the body into an archive of resistance through a decolonial ciguapa aesthetic In Ciguapa Unbound, Omaris Z. Zamora reimagines the Dominican myth of La Cigueapa to explore the untold stories of Black Dominican women. Traditionally depicted as an elusive spirit with backward-facing feet who haunts rural landscapes ......
AfroLatinx Feminist Epistemologies of Tranceformation
How AfroLatinx artists transform the body into an archive of resistance through a decolonial ciguapa aesthetic In Ciguapa Unbound, Omaris Z. Zamora reimagines the Dominican myth of La Cigueapa to explore the untold stories of Black Dominican women. Traditionally depicted as an elusive spirit with backward-facing feet who haunts rural landscapes ......
Anti-Racist Criminology is the first book to reckon with issues of race, racism, and anti-racism in the field, both at the individual level and at the institutional level within the university and the criminal justice system writ large. The authors provide an overview and historical understanding of the field's engagement with racist practices, ......
A long overdue reckoning With one critical eye on criminology's problematic past and a second hopeful eye on a better future, Anti-Racist Criminology offers a clear vision for how criminologists can transform their work while resisting the racist logics that have informed harmful policies and practices in the criminal legal system. Drawing a ......
Analyzes the challenges aging populations face when leaving prison An increasing proportion of people in prison are over 50 years old, with projections indicating that by 2030, 30% of people in prison will be over 50. Because 95% of people in prison return home, a greater proportion of them will be of advanced age. When returning home, older ......
Analyzes the challenges aging populations face when leaving prison An increasing proportion of people in prison are over 50 years old, with projections indicating that by 2030, 30% of people in prison will be over 50. Because 95% of people in prison return home, a greater proportion of them will be of advanced age. When returning home, older ......
Exposes the deep Catholic roots of American horror From exorcisms to suffocating catacombs, grinning corpses, and electric holy water, Catholicism and American horror go hand in hand. Body and Blood cuts horror open to reveal how the Catholic tradition has shaped its supernatural and grotesque aesthetics in the modern world. Making the case that ......
Exposes the deep Catholic roots of American horror From exorcisms to suffocating catacombs, grinning corpses, and electric holy water, Catholicism and American horror go hand in hand. Body and Blood cuts horror open to reveal how the Catholic tradition has shaped its supernatural and grotesque aesthetics in the modern world. Making the case that ......
Traces America's sanctuary movement across five decades Sanctuary has become one of the most powerful social and religious movements to push back against state power over the past 50 years, reemerging today at the center of national debates over immigration, religion, and political dissent. Following the election of Donald Trump, religious ......
