Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)

Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)

Using a multifaceted and transdisciplinary approach, Marisol Lebrón analyzes the development of punitive governance in Puerto Rico. Lebrón’s approach pays particular attention to how capitalist colonial settings in Puerto Rico lead to the categorization of racialized, gendered, and classed populatio...

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Main Author: Angel Rodriguez Rivera
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cultural Studies Association 2020-10-01
Series:Lateral
Subjects:
policing
race
puerto rico
Online Access:https://csalateral.org/reviews/policing-life-death-race-violence-resistance-puerto-rico-lebron-rivera/
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spelling doaj-ca58b771cd324816bb9260bbed699a262020-12-24T03:21:35ZengCultural Studies AssociationLateral2469-40532469-40532020-10-019210.25158/L9.2.13Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)Angel Rodriguez Rivera0University of Puerto Rico-CayeyUsing a multifaceted and transdisciplinary approach, Marisol Lebrón analyzes the development of punitive governance in Puerto Rico. Lebrón’s approach pays particular attention to how capitalist colonial settings in Puerto Rico lead to the categorization of racialized, gendered, and classed populations as problematic subjects who then become the target of state violence as public policy. Intertwined with the state and its legitimacy, the book also looks at how these populations resist repressive policies and affect social relations of power on the island.https://csalateral.org/reviews/policing-life-death-race-violence-resistance-puerto-rico-lebron-rivera/policingracepuerto rico
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Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)
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title Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)
title_short Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)
title_full Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)
title_fullStr Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)
title_full_unstemmed Review of "Policing Life and Death: Race, Violence, and Resistance in Puerto Rico" by Marisol LeBrón (University of California Press)
title_sort review of "policing life and death: race, violence, and resistance in puerto rico" by marisol lebrón (university of california press)
publisher Cultural Studies Association
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issn 2469-4053
2469-4053
publishDate 2020-10-01
description Using a multifaceted and transdisciplinary approach, Marisol Lebrón analyzes the development of punitive governance in Puerto Rico. Lebrón’s approach pays particular attention to how capitalist colonial settings in Puerto Rico lead to the categorization of racialized, gendered, and classed populations as problematic subjects who then become the target of state violence as public policy. Intertwined with the state and its legitimacy, the book also looks at how these populations resist repressive policies and affect social relations of power on the island.
topic policing
race
puerto rico
url https://csalateral.org/reviews/policing-life-death-race-violence-resistance-puerto-rico-lebron-rivera/
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