Abolition Feminisms Vol. 2: Feminist Ruptures against the Carceral State

by Alisa Bierria (editor), Brooke Lober (Editor), Jakeya Caruthers (Editor)

In this expansive companion to Abolition Feminisms Vol. I , contributors confront multiple paradigms of punitivity—the foundational logics of family, borders, heterosexuality, colonial violence, and more—to disengage us from root systems of carcerality. 

The book transcends various modes and through grassroots praxis, critical research, storytelling, diagrams, poetry, and visual art, these pieces build on the legacies of feminist thinkers who formulated abolitionist critiques of policing, surveillance, and control. The resulting framework provides readers with the resources to cultivate and inhabit a post-carceral world of radical freedom and possibility. 

Genres: Nonfiction, Feminism

371 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 8, 2022

About the author

Alisa Bierria is an assistant professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Riverside. A Black feminist philosopher, Alisa's writing and collaborative projects focus on racialized gender violence and critical acts of survival. She is developing a manuscript entitled, Missing in Action: Agency, Race, & Invention, which explores how intentional action is socially imagined in contexts of anti-black racism, carceral reasoning, and gendered violence.

Reviews

[Rachael]

really good info, incredible group of voices from world changing activism. very dense and academic, so not the most accessible writing