A poignant account of how the carceral state shapes daily life for young Black peopleâand how Black Americans resist, find joy, and cultivate new visions for the future. At the Southern California Libraryâa community organization and an archive of radical and progressive movementsâthe author meets a young man, Marley. In telling Marleyâs story, Damien M. Sojoyner depicts the overwhelming nature of Black precarity in the twentyâfirst century through the lenses of housing, education, health care, social services, and juvenile detention. But Black life is not defined by precarity; it embraces social visions of radical freedom that allow the pursuit of a life of joy beyond systems of oppression. Structured as a ârecord collectionâ of five âalbums,â this innovative book relates Marleyâs personal encounters with everyday aspects of the carceral state through an ethnographic A side and offers deeper context through an anthropological and archival B side. In Joy and Pain, Marleyâs experiences at the intersection of history and the contemporary political moment invite us to imagine more expansive futures.
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Oct 9, 2022
€23.00