Omschrijving
In the black liberation movement, imprisonment emerged as a key rhetorical, theoretical, and media resource. Imprisoned activists developed tactics and ideology to counter white supremacy. Lisa M. Corrigan underscores how imprisonment - a site for both political and personal transformation - shaped movement leaders by influencing their political analysis and organisational strategies.
Lisa M. Corrigan, Fayetteville, Arkansas, USA is an associate professor of communication, director of the gender studies program, and affiliate faculty in African and African American studies and Latin American studies at the University of Arkansas.