Prerequisites: upper-division standing or con- sent of instructor

Description: Examination of the work of impris- oned writers of color as well as white intellectu- 290 / Programs and Courses als/activists who have influenced the formation of social movements in the United States since the 1970s as prisons and jails have become primary sites of political and racial conflict. Elaborates how race, gender, and patriarchy are central to the establish- ment of state regimes of incarceration. Fulfills the Social Sciences requirement for the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences.