Ecologies of Incarceration - (Ecocritical Theory and Practice) by Mauve Perle Tahat (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book offers an exploration of the intersections between carceral systems, environmental concerns, and political ideologies. It examines how prison literature and narrative witness reveal the complexities of our contemporary world, shedding light on the systemic issues that link environmental degradation with carceral practices.

Book Synopsis

Ecologies of Incarceration: Carceral Discard Studies in the Anthropocene offers a compelling exploration of the intersections between carceral systems, environmental concerns, and political ideologies. This interdisciplinary work examines how prison literature and narrative witness reveal the complexities of our contemporary world, shedding light on the systemic issues that link environmental degradation with carceral practices. With a nuanced analysis of how these intertwined systems impact individuals and communities, drawing on diverse examples to illustrate the broader implications of these interactions, the text offers practical insights for activists and community builders while providing a guide for those seeking to understand and address the challenges of our time through collective action and critical engagement.

Review Quotes

"Mauve Perle Tahat has done that rare, but always welcomed, feat of writing a book that is brilliant in different keys. This is a book that students, scholars, and general readers can pick up and engage with on multiple levels. Her focus on carceral systems, environmental studies, and political power results in a winding, multi-disciplinary exploration of racial capitalism, the Anthropocene, and prison literature. As she states, "Every supremacy is a flawed supremacy." The only way we can achieve a more liberated future is by close examination of our built and shared environment along with a serious inventory of the cultural baggage we continue to reproduce in thought and action. "I've consistently asked, and maybe you have too: what has the human impact been [of the Anthropocene]? And this is where we can talk to ghosts." Tahat shows us that although much of society would have us disregard people, places, and objects as "waste" or "trash," it is in this dialogue with refuse where we will find our emancipation."

About the Author

Mauve Perle Tahat is a scholar whose interdisciplinary work examines the intersections of carceral systems, environmental aesthetics, and political praxis.