The Architecture of the Dungeon: Toni Morrison and the 13th Amendment
About this episode
The episode explores Toni Morrison's literary criticism in relation to the 13th Amendment and mass incarceration.
The Omelas basement has a physical address in America: the prison-industrial complex. This week, we use the lens of Toni Morrison’s literary criticism to interrogate the 13th Amendment and the ‘Hideous Bargain” of mass incarceration. If the basement is built into our laws, can we ever truly ‘walk away’? We analyze Toni Morrison’s book Playing […]
Topics covered
- Toni Morrison
- 13th Amendment
- mass incarceration
- literary criticism
- prison-industrial complex
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