How to Lose the Hounds
Maroon Geographies and a World beyond Policing
1st Edition
Published on 29. September 2023
192 pages
978-1-4780-2743-0 (ISBN)
Description
Examining historically Black maroon communities in Maryland that have been subjected to violent excesses of police power, Celeste Winston explores how the practice of flight from and placemaking beyond slavery anticipates future Black refusals of policing.
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10/2023
Duke University Press
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Celeste Winston is Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban Studies at Temple University.
Content
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue xiii
Introduction 1
1. Maroon Folklore as an Abolition Technology 21
2. The Fugitive Infrastructure of Maroon Geographies 37
3. Maroon Justice 65
4. Community beyond Policing 87
5. Maroon Geographies and the Paradox of Abolition Policy 109
Epilogue: Abolition Future Folklore 129
Notes 133
References 139
Index 159
Prologue xiii
Introduction 1
1. Maroon Folklore as an Abolition Technology 21
2. The Fugitive Infrastructure of Maroon Geographies 37
3. Maroon Justice 65
4. Community beyond Policing 87
5. Maroon Geographies and the Paradox of Abolition Policy 109
Epilogue: Abolition Future Folklore 129
Notes 133
References 139
Index 159
