1st Edition
An Analysis of Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Ways in to the Text
Who was Michelle Alexander?
What does The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Say?
Why does The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness Matter?
Section 1: Influences
Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context
Module 2: Academic Context
Module 3: The Problem
Module 4: The Author's Contribution
Section 2: Ideas
Module 5: Main Ideas
Module 6: Secondary Ideas
Module 7: Achievement
Module 8: Place in the Author's Work
Section 3: Impact
Module 9: The First Responses
Module 10: The Evolving Debate
Module 11: Impact and Influence Today
Module 12: Where Next?
Glossary of Terms
People Mentioned in the Text
Works Cited
Biography
Dr Ryan Moore holds PhDs in both Sociology and Cultural Analysis from the University of California, San Diego. He has taught at universities across America and is the author of Sells Like Teen Spirit: Music, Youth Culture, and Social Crisis (New York: NYU Press, 2009).
