{"product_id":"joy-and-pain-damien-m-sojoyner-9780520390416","title":"Joy and Pain: A Story of Black Life and Liberation in Five Albums","description":"\u003cb\u003eA poignant account of how the carceral state shapes daily life for young Black people--and how Black Americans resist, find joy, and cultivate new visions for the future.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e At the Southern California Library--a community organization and an archive of radical and progressive movements--the author meets a young man, Marley. In telling Marley's story, Damien M. Sojoyner depicts the overwhelming nature of Black precarity in the twenty-first century through the lenses of housing, education, health care, social services, and juvenile detention. But Black life is not defined by precarity; it embraces social visions of radical freedom that allow the pursuit of a life of joy beyond systems of oppression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Structured as a \"record collection\" of five \"albums,\" this innovative book relates Marley's personal encounters with everyday aspects of the carceral state through an ethnographic A side and offers deeper context through an anthropological and archival B side. In \u003ci\u003eJoy and Pain\u003c\/i\u003e, Marley's experiences at the intersection of history and the contemporary political moment invite us to imagine more expansive futures. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Damien M. Sojoyner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520390415\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520390416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2023","brand":"Damien M. Sojoyner","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44056237605119,"sku":"9780520390416","price":95.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f2fe742f-2749-494a-a2ee-5852413c98c8.jpg?v=1685040252","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joy-and-pain-damien-m-sojoyner-9780520390416","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}