An Analysis of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

ISBN-13: 9781912128877 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 100 str.

Ryan Moore

Opis

The United States has the world's largest prison population, with more than two million behind bars. Alexander says this is mainly due to America's 'war on drugs,' launched in 1982. In The New Jim Crow, she explains how this government initiative has led to America's black citizens being imprisoned on a colossal scale.

Spis treści

Ways in to the Text  Who was Michelle Alexander?  What does The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Say?  Why does The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Matter?  Section 1: Influences  Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context  Module 2: Academic Context  Module 3: The Problem  Module 4: The Author's Contribution  Section 2: Ideas  Module 5: Main Ideas  Module 6: Secondary Ideas  Module 7: Achievement  Module 8: Place in the Author's Work  Section 3: Impact  Module 9: The First Responses  Module 10: The Evolving Debate  Module 11: Impact and Influence Today  Module 12: Where Next?  Glossary of Terms  People Mentioned in the Text  Works Cited

O autorze

Dr Ryan Moore holds PhDs in both Sociology and Cultural Analysis from the University of California, San Diego. He has taught at universities across America and is the author of Sells Like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social Crisis (New York: NYU Press, 2009).