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Jen Manion, "Historicizing the Carceral State: Race, Sex, and Power in Early America"

UMass Amherst History Department by UMass Amherst History Department

Dec 16, 201601:04:39News & Politics

This lecture by Jen Manion (Amherst College) explores how the penitentiary system in early America exploited racist ideologies, gender norms, sexual desire and antipathy toward the poor to justify its existence and expan...

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Jen Manion, "Historicizing the Carceral State: Race, Sex, and Power in Early America" is an episode from UMass Amherst History Department by UMass Amherst History Department. This lecture by Jen Manion (Amherst College) explores how the pen...

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