ApoignantaccountofhowthecarceralstateshapesdailylifeforyoungBlackpeople--andhowBlackAmericansresist,findjoy,andcultivatenewvisionsforthefuture.AttheSouthernCaliforniaLibrary--acommunityorganizationandanarchiveofradicalandprogressivemovements--theauthormeetsayoungman,Marley.IntellingMarley’sstory,DamienM.SojoynerdepictstheoverwhelmingnatureofBlackprecarityinthetwenty-firstcenturythroughthelensesofhousing,education,healthcare,socialservices,andjuveniledetention.ButBlacklifeisnotdefinedbyprecarity;itembracessocialvisionsofradicalfreedomthatallowthepursuitofalifeofjoybeyondsystemsofoppression.Structuredasa“recordcollection“offive“albums,“thisinnovativebookrelatesMarley’spersonalencounterswitheverydayaspectsofthecarceralstatethroughanethnographicAsideandoffersdeepercontextthroughananthropologicalandarchivalBside.InJoyandPain,Marley’sexperiencesattheintersectionofhistoryandthecontemporarypoliticalmomentinviteustoimaginemoreexpansivefutures.
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