Name/TitleAgainst Innocence
MakerWang, Jackie
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectPaperback booklet titled 'Against Innocence' by Jackie Wang, which posits the concept of innocence as code for "nonthreatening to white civil society", and discusses structural racism and racial violence in the criminal justice system.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, paper
MeasurementsH: 208 x W: 140 mm
Date Made2014
Period2010s
Place MadeUSA, Los Angeles CA
Place NotesSemiotext(e), 2007 Wiltshire Blvd., Suite 427, Los Angeles, CA 90057
PublisherSemiotext(e)
Publication Date2014
Publication PlaceUSA, Los Angeles
Series Title2014 Whitney Biennial
Number in Series20/22
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Wang:
Jackie Wang is a queer American poet and scholar of the political economy of prisons and surveillance. In 2021 she was a National Book Award finalist in poetry for her book The Sunflower Cast A Spell To Save Us From The Void.
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywords(anti) racism
Subject and Association KeywordsPrison, imprisonment
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBooklet
ISBN/ISSN978-1-58435-158-0
Object numberGWL-2023-30-5
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved