Sweetness and Carceral Power: The Place of Sugar in Texas Prison History
Buntrock Commons, Viking Theater, 1520 St Olaf Ave, Northfield, MN 55057, USA 101 St Olaf Ave, United StatesDr. Ashanté Reese will present her ethnographic research on food justice, with a special focus on her ongoing research on Sugar Land, Texas, “in which she explores the spatial, economic, and carceral implications of sugar and the sometimes contradictory and deadly sweetness that marks Black life.” This event is open to the public.