{"product_id":"marking-time-art-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration-9780674919228","title":"Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the National Book Critics Circle Award\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e \"Best of 2020\" Selection\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best Art Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003eAn \u003ci\u003eArt Newspaper\u003c\/i\u003e Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful document of the inner lives and creative visions of men and women rendered invisible by America's prison system.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMore than two million people are currently behind bars in the United States. Incarceration not only separates the imprisoned from their families and communities; it also exposes them to shocking levels of deprivation and abuse and subjects them to the arbitrary cruelties of the criminal justice system. Yet, as Nicole Fleetwood reveals, America's prisons are filled with art. Despite the isolation and degradation they experience, the incarcerated are driven to assert their humanity in the face of a system that dehumanizes them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBased on interviews with currently and formerly incarcerated artists, prison visits, and the author's own family experiences with the penal system, \u003ci\u003eMarking Time\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the imprisoned turn ordinary objects into elaborate works of art. Working with meager supplies and in the harshest conditions--including solitary confinement--these artists find ways to resist the brutality and depravity that prisons engender. The impact of their art, Fleetwood observes, can be felt far beyond prison walls. Their bold works, many of which are being published for the first time in this volume, have opened new possibilities in American art. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the movement to transform the country's criminal justice system grows, art provides the imprisoned with a political voice. Their works testify to the economic and racial injustices that underpin American punishment and offer a new vision of freedom for the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFleetwood, Nicole R.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Nicole R. Fleetwood is Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication at New York University. Her work on art and mass incarceration has been featured at the Aperture Foundation and the Zimmerli Museum of Art, and her exhibitions have been praised by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eOn Racial Icons\u003c\/i\u003e and the prizewinning \u003ci\u003eTroubling Vision\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50618745979154,"sku":"9780674919228","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c8aa21bb-c3f8-4564-b35e-ea5aefcee270.jpg?v=1732540836","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/marking-time-art-in-the-age-of-mass-incarceration-9780674919228","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}