“A sweeping tale” of state formation, punishment regimes, and the landscape of work in the United States (“The Punishment Monopoly” reviewed by Society for the Anthropology of Work)
February 20, 2024
"The Punishment Monopoly" explores the function of land as a means of production and site for the social construction of power, paying attention to the racial and gendered dimensions of land ownership and the authority it confers to punish nonelites.