Democracy and Captivity: (neo)slave narratives and incarceration

Joy James, Professor of Africana Studies, holds a Ph.D. in Political Philosophy from Fordham University and a postdoctorate degree in religious ethics from the Union Theological Seminary at Columbia University. Her work focuses on political and feminist theory, critical race theory, and incarceration. Her publications include: Resisting State Violence: Gender, Race, and Radicalism in US Culture (Minnesota, 1996); Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals (Routledge, 1997); The Angela Y. Davis Reader (Blackwell, 1998); Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics (St. Martin's, 1999. James's edited collections on radical politics and incarceration are: States of Confinement: Policing, Detention and Prisons (St. Martin's, 2000, revised edition 2002); Imprisoned Intellectuals: America's Political Prisoners Write on Life, Liberation, and Rebellion (Rowman & Littlefield, 2003); The New Abolitionists: (Neo)Slave Narratives and Contemporary Prison Writings (SUNY Press, 2005); and, Warfare: Prison and the American Homeland (Duke, 2006).