Feminist prison activism

An assessment of empowerment

Bibliographic Data

ID4367550
AuthorsJaye Cee Whitehead (0000-0001-7639-5246, University of California, Berkeley, corresponding author)
Year2007
Volume8
Issue3
Pages299-314
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueFeminist Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1464700107082367
OpenAlexW2152267168
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

In the following ethnography of the California Coalition of Women Prisoners (CCWP), who exist at the forefront of feminist prison activism, I address canonical feminist debates focused on the relationship between subjectivity, experience, knowledge, and power by closely following an explicit attempt at political reform by and for women. I argue that feminist prison activists' attempts to reform the American prison system reveal why feminist theorists must remain committed to a specific, contextual, and localized analysis of the prospects for political empowerment

Criminology · Empowerment · Epistemology · Ethnography · Feminism · Feminist philosophy · Political science · Political subjectivity · Politics · Prison · Sociology · Subjectivity · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender Studies · Law · Qualitative Research Methods and Ethics · Social Work Education and Practice

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