Behind Bars Latino/as and Prison in the United States
by Oboler, SuzanneFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-10-15
Publisher(s): Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary
Prisons and the multiple ways that Latino/as have developed to combat the pervasive inhumane acts visited on them are the core of this anthology. Its combination of scholarly presentations, interviews, poetry, visual arts, and narratives of the inmates' lived experiences situates the realities of prison and its aftermath in the discussion about the ideals of individual freedom and rights. The authors highlight the attempts to normalize the systematic dehumanization of incarcerated Latino/as by "walling off" and sanitizing the urgent problems their very presence inevitably poses. This book argues for the societal responsibility to uphold the dignity of all peoples, irrespective of their histories and status in their respective societies.
Author Biography
Suzanne Oboler is Professor of Latin American and Latino Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/City University of NY. She is the Founding Editor of the international academic journal, Latino Studies (Palgrave), and Co-Editor-in-Chief of the 4-volume, Oxford Encyclopedia on Latinos and Latinas in the United States (2005). She has published Ethnic Labels, Latino Lives: Identity and the Politics of Representation (1995) and has edited 2 anthologies; Neither Enemies Nor Friends: Latinos, Blacks, Afro-Latinos (co-edited with Anani Dzidzienyo; Palgrave, 2005) and Latino/as and Citizenship: The Dilemma of Belonging (Palgrave, 2006).
Table of Contents
| Introduction: "Viviendo en el olvido &hellip": Behind Bars-Latino/as and Prison in the United States | p. 1 |
| The Issues | p. 15 |
| Latino/as and U.S. Prisons: Trends and Challenges | p. 17 |
| Pursuant to Deportation: Latinos and Immigrant Detention | p. 39 |
| "Nuestras vidas corren casi paralelas": Chicanos, Independentistas, and the Prison Rebellions in Leavenworth, 1969-72 | p. 67 |
| The Racial Politics of Youth Crime | p. 97 |
| Caught in the Net: Language and Cultural Resistance among Latina Adolescents in Juvenile Detention | p. 113 |
| Lost Votes, Lost Bodies, Lost Jobs: The Effects of Mass Incarceration on Latino Civic Engagement | p. 133 |
| The Lived Experience | p. 149 |
| Checkpoint in Montebello: Inciting Riots, Up Against the Wall, and Earning the Right to be on the Street with Signs that Say "Retén" | p. 151 |
| The Interpreter as a Bridge: Language Issues in Chicago's Cook County Jail | p. 155 |
| Interpreting After the Largest ICE Raid in U.S. History: A Personal Account | p. 159 |
| Waste Is a Terrible Thing to Mind | p. 175 |
| Closing The Gap: Mentoring Latina Students to Reach Out to Incarcerated Latinas | p. 181 |
| The Art of Resistance | p. 187 |
| Latino Visual Culture Behind Bars: Artistic Inspiration and Redemption Within the Bowels of Despair | p. 189 |
| "Troubadour of Justice": An Interview With raúlrsalinas | p. 213 |
| Peltier 1 / Peltier 2 | p. 223 |
| "Estoy como cuero dejicotea, que ni las balas mepasan": An Interview with Rafael Cancel Miranda | p. 227 |
| La alegría de tener vergüenza | p. 235 |
| The Way Forward | p. 237 |
| Chkana(o)/Latina(o) Prisoners: Ethical and Methodological Considerations, Collaborative Research Methods, and Case Studies | p. 239 |
| Toward a Pinta/o Human Rights? New and Old Strategies for Chicana/o Prisoner Research and Activism | p. 261 |
| Contributors | p. 281 |
| Index | p. 285 |
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