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Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Paperback by Davis, Angela Y.; Dent, Gina; Meiners, Erica; Richie, Beth

Abolition. Feminism. Now.

£10.99

ISBN:
9780241543757
Publication Date:
20 Oct 2022
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pages:
272 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 2 - 4 May 2025
Abolition. Feminism. Now.

Description

In this landmark work, four of the world's leading scholar-activists issue an urgent call for a truly intersectional, internationalist, abolitionist feminism. As a politics and as a practice, abolitionism has increasingly shaped our political moment, amplified through the worldwide protests following the 2020 murder of George Floyd by a uniformed police officer. It is at the heart of the Black Lives Matter movement, in its demands for police defunding and demilitarisation, and a halt to prison construction. As this book shows, abolitionism and feminism stand shoulder-to-shoulder in fighting a common cause: the end of the carceral state, with its key role in perpetuating violence, both public and private, in prisons, in police forces, and in people's homes. Abolitionist theories and practices are at their most compelling when they are feminist; and a feminism that is also abolitionist is the most inclusive and persuasive version of feminism for these times. ABOLITION. FEMINISM. NOW. 'This extraordinary book makes the most compelling case I've ever seen for the indivisibility of feminism and abolition' Robin D. G. Kelley 'This book is as capacious and demanding as the abolitionist feminism it calls for' Sara Ahmed

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