Roundtable: Abolition Feminism

Session Submission Type: Roundtable Session

Abstract/Description

This roundtable will discuss topics related to Abolition Feminism, including conceptualizing the neo-liberal prison though structural and intersectional lenses, interpreting racial and gendered violence as stemming directly from the carceral state, and viewing the prison as the main source of unfreedom for women of color.

Sub Unit

• Area XIV. Roundtables

Chairs

• Edith Kinney, San Jose State University

• Ami E. Stearns, Coastal Carolina University

Discussants

• Melanie Brazzell, Harvard University

• Kavya Padmanabhan, University of Cambridge

• Cassandra Young, University of Denver

• Thalia Anthony, University of Technology Sydney

• Judith Bandermann, California State University, Stanislaus

Organized by a Division or external group?

Abolition Working Group