Johanna Fernández
Biographic Data
| ID | 3687683 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johanna Fernández |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johanna |
| FAMILY NAME | Fernández |
| SIGNATURE | FERNANDEZ J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Baruch College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The Cambridge Companion to American Prison Writing and Mass Incarceration
This book tells the story of mass Incarceration in America through the writers who experienced it first-hand. It begins at mid-century with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, whose insights about racism and the criminal justice system warned of what was to come. It takes off in the 1960s and 1970s with revolutionary writers like George Jackson, Assata Shakur, and Mumia Abu-Jamal, seeking liberation not just from prison but the oppressive s…
On the Historical Roots of U.S. Fascism
The Young Lords’ Public Health Revolution: Fifty years ago, the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and won concrete advances in services and patients’ rights. Their legacy of radical h…
A white refrigerated trailer truck parked outside of New York City’s Elmhurst Hospital in late March 2020. The impromptu, mobile morgue held the fast-multiplying bodies of those dying of Covid-19 i
The Young Lords: A Radical History
Writing on the wall: Selected prison writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal
From the first slave writings to contemporary hip hop, the canon of African American literature offers a powerful counter-narrative to dominant notions of American culture, history, and politics. Resonant with voices of prophecy and resistance, the African American literary tradition runs deep with emancipatory currents that have had an indelible impact on the United States and the world. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of our most important contrib…
Locking Up Black Dissidents and Punishing the Poor: The Roots of Mass Incarceration in the US
This volume is a leap into the abyss that is the American Gulag. Our purpose is to explore the origins of the current system of carceral punishment, which began to mass-incarcerate poor and working
Tributes From Dr. Marable's Students
One of the greatest gifts that Dr. Marable leaves behind is Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. I was present for the birth of the Journal in 1999 and many of the mee
Hurricane Katrina: Urban History from the Eye of the Storm
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina touched down in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. This massive storm left in its wake death, destruction, and human suffering on a scale and scope that will no doubt make it one of the largest social catastrophes of twenty-first-century American urban history. This disaster soon ignited widespread popular and academic debates over domestic policies dealing with questions of race and class, individu…
Modern Kongo Prophets: Religion in a Plural Society
Preying among Priests and Prophets: Oral Data in the Study of African Religion
J. W. Fernandez, Preying among Priests and Prophets: Oral Data in the Study of African Religion, Journal of the Folklore Institute, Vol. 6, No. 2/3, [Special Issue: African Oral Data Conference] (Aug. - Dec., 1969), pp. 200-217
Modern Kongo Prophets: Religion in a Plural Society
Hurricane Katrina: Urban History from the Eye of the Storm
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina touched down in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. This massive storm left in its wake death, destruction, and human suffering on a scale and scope that will no doubt make it one of the largest social catastrophes of twenty-first-century American urban history. This disaster soon ignited widespread popular and academic debates over domestic policies dealing with questions of race and class, individu…
Preying among Priests and Prophets: Oral Data in the Study of African Religion
J. W. Fernandez, Preying among Priests and Prophets: Oral Data in the Study of African Religion, Journal of the Folklore Institute, Vol. 6, No. 2/3, [Special Issue: African Oral Data Conference] (Aug. - Dec., 1969), pp. 200-217
Modern Kongo Prophets: Religion in a Plural Society
Hurricane Katrina: Urban History from the Eye of the Storm
In late August 2005, Hurricane Katrina touched down in the Gulf Coast region of the United States. This massive storm left in its wake death, destruction, and human suffering on a scale and scope that will no doubt make it one of the largest social catastrophes of twenty-first-century American urban history. This disaster soon ignited widespread popular and academic debates over domestic policies dealing with questions of race and class, individu…
Tributes From Dr. Marable's Students
One of the greatest gifts that Dr. Marable leaves behind is Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. I was present for the birth of the Journal in 1999 and many of the mee
Locking Up Black Dissidents and Punishing the Poor: The Roots of Mass Incarceration in the US
This volume is a leap into the abyss that is the American Gulag. Our purpose is to explore the origins of the current system of carceral punishment, which began to mass-incarcerate poor and working
Writing on the wall: Selected prison writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal
From the first slave writings to contemporary hip hop, the canon of African American literature offers a powerful counter-narrative to dominant notions of American culture, history, and politics. Resonant with voices of prophecy and resistance, the African American literary tradition runs deep with emancipatory currents that have had an indelible impact on the United States and the world. Mumia Abu-Jamal has been one of our most important contrib…
The Young Lords’ Public Health Revolution: Fifty years ago, the Young Lords occupied Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and won concrete advances in services and patients’ rights. Their legacy of radical h…
A white refrigerated trailer truck parked outside of New York City’s Elmhurst Hospital in late March 2020. The impromptu, mobile morgue held the fast-multiplying bodies of those dying of Covid-19 i
The Young Lords: A Radical History
On the Historical Roots of U.S. Fascism
The Cambridge Companion to American Prison Writing and Mass Incarceration
This book tells the story of mass Incarceration in America through the writers who experienced it first-hand. It begins at mid-century with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, whose insights about racism and the criminal justice system warned of what was to come. It takes off in the 1960s and 1970s with revolutionary writers like George Jackson, Assata Shakur, and Mumia Abu-Jamal, seeking liberation not just from prison but the oppressive s…
Political science (7 works) · History (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · History (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Race, History, and American Society (3 works) · Civil rights (2 works) · Global Maritime and Colonial Histories (2 works) · History (2 works)