Blood from a Turnip
Debt, Race, and Expropriation in Penal Capitalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15030353 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Feola (0000-0003-1275-6326, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 877-901 |
| Publication date | 2020-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theory & Event (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1092-311X • E-ISSN: 2572-6633 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/tae.2020.0055 |
| OpenAlex | W4381788095 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
Debt is now a staple in the literature on neoliberalism. And the growth of penal debt, more specifically, has come to the attention of those who study mass incarceration. This essay pursues the rise of financial sanctions in the carceral state, in order to track the broader economies of power that are served through such debt. Ultimately, the article argues that offender debt practice resonates with the historical aims of racial capitalism, to extract value from historically abject populations. Grasping this dynamic will help to capture the shifting relationship of a predatory state to its most vulnerable subjects
Capitalism · Criminology · Debt · Economics · Expropriation · Market economy · Mass incarceration · Neoliberalism (international relations · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Prison · Sanctions · Sociology · State (computer science · Value (mathematics · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Finance
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |