{"product_id":"9780813080833-black-prison-intellectuals","title":"Black Prison Intellectuals","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritings from the Long Nineteenth Century\u003cbr\u003eIn this book, Andrea Stone recovers critical, understudied writings from early archives to call into question the idea that the Black prison intellectual movement began in the twentieth century. By illuminating their pathbreaking voices, Stone shows that prison writing from this era was a foundational part of Black American intellectualism.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow early Black prison writing shaped Black intellectual movements   \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn  this book, Andrea Stone recovers critical, understudied writings from  early archives to call into question the idea that the Black prison  intellectual movement began in the twentieth century. In fact, nearly  two centuries before Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver, Black prisoners  were serving as thought leaders and contributing to political movements.  By illuminating their pathbreaking voices, Stone shows that prison  writing from this era was a foundational part of Black American  intellectualism. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrounding her work in a history of  the disproportionately high incarceration of Black Americans, Stone  traces the arc of Black prison writing from 1795 to 1901. She analyzes  gallows literature, court records, newspaper coverage, and parole  request letters, arguing that parole requests represent an undervalued,  vital literary genre. Most of the writers featured in this book were  effectively treated as enemies of the state, leading Stone to a question  that continues to resonate in America today: what is the distinction  between criminal and enemy, and how are those categories intertwined  with Blackness in the United States? \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Prison Intellectuals\u003c\/em\u003e sheds light on the roots of issues like structural racism and mass  incarceration. Looking at an important literary tradition that  contributed to the Black American intellectual movement, this book helps  readers better understand the present as a moment in the long journey  toward a racially just society.   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication  of this work made possible by a Sustaining the Humanities through the  American Rescue Plan grant from the National Endowment for the  Humanities.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55403502535030,"sku":"9780813080833","price":26.33,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_38147903.jpg?v=1764369488","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780813080833-black-prison-intellectuals","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}