Quels sont les liens entre l'industrie militaro-carcérale américaine, l'apartheid en Israël-Palestine, les mobilisations de Ferguson, Tahrir et Taksim ? Qu'est-ce que l'expérience des Black Panthers et du féminisme noir nous dit des rapports actuels entre les oppressions spécifiques et l'impérialism...

Blues et féminisme noir s'intéresse à trois chanteuses de blues qui incarnent les racines et l'identité de la culture musicale noire américaine : Gertrude « Ma » Rainey, Bessie Smith et Billie Holiday. Angela Davis, universitaire et féministe, analyse les paroles des chansons pour en extraire la sub...

"Comment et pourquoi plus de deux millions d'américains sont aujourd'hui derrière les barreaux ? Comment les entreprises font-elles profit du système carcéral ? Quels sont les mécanismes qui conduisent à criminaliser les communautés de couleur et à désaffilier politiquement de larges franges d'élect...

A collection of her speeches and writings which address the political and social changes of the past decade as they are concerned with the struggle for racial, sexual, and economic equality. ...

From one of this country's most important intellectuals comes a brilliant analysis of the blues tradition that examines the careers of three crucial black women blues singers through a feminist lens. Angela Davis provides the historical, social, and political contexts with which to reinterpret the p...

A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. ...

When three-year-old Benji is plucked from the security of his home in Nagasaki to live with his American father, Lt. Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton, and stepmother, Kate, on their farm in Illinois, the family conceals Benjis true identity as a child born from a liaison between an officer and a gei...

Ce roman se passe en Nouvelle-Ecosse dans un pensionnat religieux. Félice, jeune orpheline débordant de sensibilité et d'imagination, nous emmène à travers ses fantasmes, ses angoisses, ses enthousiasmes, ses rires et ses pleurs : prendra-t-elle le voile ? La sainteté l'attend-elle ? Est-ce donc si...

Perched amid the leaves of the Osage orange tree in her stepfather';s backyard, Beryl Fonteyn observes the life around her--Mama';s desperate attempts to gain Jack';s approval by writing her novel, which he mercilessly critiques; her brother Stevie';s unhealthy fascination with acting out events fro...

Revelations about U.S policies and practices of torture and abuse have captured headlines ever since the breaking of the Abu Ghraib prison story in April 2004. Since then, a debate has raged regarding what is and what is not acceptable behavior for the world';s leading democracy. It is within this c...

With her characteristic brilliance, grace and radical audacity, Angela Y. Davis has put the case for the latest abolition movement in American life: the abolition of the prison. As she quite correctly notes, American life is replete with abolition movements, and when they were engaged in these strug...

In this eye-opening work, Angela J. Davis shines a much-needed light on the power of American prosecutors, revealing how the day-to-day practice of even the most well-intentioned prosecutors can result in unequal treatment of defendants and victims and gross inequities in criminal justice. For the p...

What happens when public prosecutors, the most powerful officials in the criminal justice system, seek convictions instead of justice? Why are cases involving well-to-do victims often prosecuted more vigorously than those involving poor victims? Why do wealthy defendants frequently enjoy more lenien...

Pour ce Noël, HQN vous propose trois belles histoires, à dévorer sans modération ! Sous le gui, Angéla Morelli Quand Julie se retrouve coincée dans le hall de son immeuble, incapable de débloquer la serrure de sa boîte aux lettres où sont enfermés les cadeaux de Noël de ses enfants, c'est Nicolas,...

A comprehensive, readable analysis of the key issues of the Black Lives Matter movement, this thought-provoking and compelling anthology features essays by some of the nation’s most influential and respected criminal justice experts and legal scholars. Policing the Black Man explores and critiques ...

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In this Festschrift celebrating the career of Thom H. Dunning, Jr., selected researchers in theoretical chemistry present research highlights on major developments in the field. Originally published in the journal Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, these outstanding contributions are now available in a...

This compact reference makes the case for a middle ground between clinical and actuarial methods in predicting future violence, domestic violence, and sexual offending. It critiques widely used measures such as the PCL-R, VRAG, SORAG, and Static-99 in terms of clarity of scoring, need for clinical i...

Acid-Base and Electrolyte Handbook for Veterinary Technicians provides an easy to understand yet comprehensive approach to acid-base and electrolyte balance. Covers the physiology of fluids and their effect on acid-base and electrolyte balance Offers detailed information on managing acid-base and e...

This volume describes frontiers in social-behavioral modeling for contexts as diverse as national security, health, and on-line social gaming. Recent scientific and technological advances have created exciting opportunities for such improvements. However, the book also identifies crucial scientific,...