Healing Movements
Chicanx-Indigenous Activism and Criminal Justice in California
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
How a grassroots abolitionist project of cultural healing counters the carceral state in a Chicanx community in California
For many, gang involvement can be a guaranteed life sentence, a force which traps them in an inescapable cycle of violence even if it does not lead to actual prison time. Healing Movements explores the work of formerly gang-involved Chicanx men and women in California who draw on the social connections made during their gang-involved years to forge new pathways for cultural healing and countering the carceral system.
Known colloquially as the "movement of healing," this Chicanx-Indigenous abolitionist project based in Salinas, California, was spurred on by a series of four police homicides of Latino men in 2014. Organizing around such issues as police brutality and mass incarceration, these collectives—two of which are discussed in this book, one mixed-gender, and the other women-only—turned to their often obscured Mesoamerican ancestry to find new resources for building a different future for themselves and subsequent generations.
Drawing on extensive fieldwork conducted in Salinas, Healing Movements reveals how these communities have taken shape in large part through a conscious effort to uplift Chicanx-Indigenous culture and ceremonial practices. By tapping into their Indigeneity, the members of these collectives access a wealth of new resources to shape their future, opening up novel ways to organize and build strong relational ties that are noteworthy to anyone invested in abolitionist work.
Frequently asked questions
- Essential is ideal for learners and professionals who enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects. Access the Essential Library with 800,000+ trusted titles and best-sellers across business, personal growth, and the humanities. Includes unlimited reading time and Standard Read Aloud voice.
- Complete: Perfect for advanced learners and researchers needing full, unrestricted access. Unlock 1.4M+ books across hundreds of subjects, including academic and specialized titles. The Complete Plan also includes advanced features like Premium Read Aloud and Research Assistant.
Please note we cannot support devices running on iOS 13 and Android 7 or earlier. Learn more about using the app.
Information
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- A Guide to Identity Terms
- Introduction: It’s the Ollin
- 1. Occupying the Narrative: From Criminalization to Cultural Healing
- 2. Making the Movement of Healing: Navigating Paths to La Cultura
- 3. Cargas Coming Down: Chronic Stress and New Possibilities in the Women’s Healing Circle
- 4. Homegirl Noble: Relational Ethics across Affiliated Generations
- 5. This Is Where We Walk Together: “Raw” Women’s Movidas amid Police Homicides
- 6. The Work and Play of Healing: Making Fugitive Spaces for Joy
- Conclusion: Closing the Circle
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- About the Author