商品描述
This book presents the complex intersections of race, gender, and colonialism and their profound impact on the incarceration of First Nations women in Australia. By extending Kimberlé Crenshaw's intersectional framework, it addresses the unique and often overlooked experiences of this population. The book explores the intricate relationships between interpersonal, structural, and colonial violence, demonstrating how these forms of violence not only emerge from but also perpetuate existing power structures. By adapting Crenshaw's lens to the specific context of First Nations women, it highlights the intersecting disadvantages of race, gender, and colonialism, offering a fresh and nuanced perspective on the issue of over-incarceration. Central to this analysis is the role of race. Using Critical Race Theory, the book underscores how racial dynamics are integral to understanding the over-incarceration of First Nations people. It also employs Feminist Legal Theory to scrutinize gender as a distinct point of disadvantage for First Nations women, distinguishing their experiences from those of First Nations men and the broader population. The book argues that colonialism must be considered a critical factor in this context. Through the lens of Post-Colonial theory, it examines how colonial legacies continue to influence the over-incarceration of First Nations women. The carceral experiences of these women are situated at the intersections of systemic, colonial, and interpersonal violence, with themes such as biopolitics, necropolitics, and homo sacer providing a deeper understanding of their criminalization and incarceration. By bringing together these diverse theoretical perspectives, the book offers a comprehensive and intersectional analysis of the over-incarceration crisis, shedding light on the unique challenges faced by First Nations women in Australia and advocating for more informed and equitable approaches to justice.
商品描述(中文翻譯)
本書探討種族、性別和殖民主義的複雜交集及其對澳洲原住民族女性監禁的深遠影響。透過擴展金伯莉·克倫肖（Kimberlé Crenshaw）的交叉性框架，本書針對這一群體獨特且常被忽視的經歷進行了深入探討。
本書探索人際、結構和殖民暴力之間的錯綜關係，展示這些暴力形式不僅源於現有的權力結構，還持續鞏固這些結構。透過將克倫肖的視角調整至原住民族女性的特定背景，本書突顯了種族、性別和殖民主義交織的劣勢，為過度監禁問題提供了一個新穎且細緻的視角。這一分析的核心是種族的角色。利用批判性種族理論（Critical Race Theory），本書強調種族動態對理解原住民族人過度監禁的重要性。它還運用女性主義法律理論（Feminist Legal Theory）來檢視性別作為原住民族女性的一個獨特劣勢，將她們的經歷與原住民族男性及更廣泛人群的經歷區分開來。
本書主張，在這一背景下，殖民主義必須被視為一個關鍵因素。透過後殖民理論（Post-Colonial theory）的視角，本書檢視殖民遺產如何持續影響原住民族女性的過度監禁。這些女性的監禁經歷位於系統性、殖民和人際暴力的交集之中，生物政治（biopolitics）、死亡政治（necropolitics）和等主題提供了對她們犯罪化和監禁的更深刻理解。
通過整合這些多元的理論視角，本書提供了一個全面且交叉的過度監禁危機分析，揭示了澳洲原住民族女性所面臨的獨特挑戰，並倡導更具知識性和公平的司法方法。
作者簡介
Megan Beatrice is a Lecturer in Law at Deakin University in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She obtained her PhD from RMIT University in the same city in 2025. Her research focuses on the intersectional analysis of the over-incarceration of First Nations women, extending the traditional two-point intersection of race and gender to include a third point - colonialism. She recently worked with author James Gilchrist Stewart on the publication of his book, 'The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies', taking on proof reading and editing, as well as technical aspects including referencing and compiling an index.
Megan's research generally takes a (post-structural) Feminist approach to gendered issues in criminal justice and the law. She has published on the topic in highly ranked journals, including the Monash University Law Review, the International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Semiotique juridique, the Adelaide Law Review, and Law, Culture and the Humanities.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
梅根·比阿特麗斯（Megan Beatrice）是澳大利亞維多利亞州墨爾本迪肯大學（Deakin University）的法律講師。她於2025年在同一城市的RMIT大學獲得博士學位。她的研究專注於對第一民族女性過度監禁的交叉分析，將傳統的種族和性別兩點交叉擴展到第三點——殖民主義。她最近與作者詹姆斯·吉爾克里斯特·斯圖爾特（James Gilchrist Stewart）合作，出版了他的書籍《批判法律研究的興起與衰落》（The Rise and Fall of Critical Legal Studies），負責校對和編輯，以及包括參考文獻和編制索引等技術方面的工作。
梅根的研究通常採取（後結構主義）女性主義的視角，探討刑事司法和法律中的性別議題。她在多個高排名的期刊上發表了相關主題的文章，包括莫納什大學法律評論（Monash University Law Review）、國際法律符號學期刊（International Journal for the Semiotics of Law - Revue internationale de Semiotique juridique）、阿德萊德法律評論（Adelaide Law Review）以及法律、文化與人文學科（Law, Culture and the Humanities）。
