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The Punitive Turn: New Approaches to Race and Incarceration (Carter G. Woodson Institute Series)
The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences. Giving significant attention to the exacting toll that incarceration takes on inmates, their families, their communities, and society at la... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2013 -
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature: Volume 2 (Third Edition)
by William L. Andrews • Henry Louis Gates • Brent Hayes Edwards • Frances Smith Foster • Hortense Spillers • Deborah E. Mcdowell • Robert G. O'Meally • Cheryl A. Wall • Valerie Smith • Kimberly BenstonThe much-anticipated Third Edition brings together the work of 140 writers from 1746 to the present writing in all genres, as well as performers of vernacular forms--from spirituals and sermons to jazz and hip hop. Fresh scholarship, new visuals and media, and new selections--with an emphasis on co... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2014 -
The Norton Anthology of African American Literature (2nd Edition)
by William L. Andrews • Henry Louis Gates • Arnold Rampersad • Frances Smith Foster • Houston A. Baker • Hortense Spillers • Nellie Y. Mckay • Deborah E. Mcdowell • Robert G. O'Meally • Cheryl A. Wall • Nellie MckayThis anthology presents selections from African American literature beginning with the spirituals and folktales of the oral tradition and continuing through the writings of contemporary authors such as Jamaica Kincaid and Colson Whitehead. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.c... More
Language: ENGCopyright: 2003