Offender Care and Support by Families in Contemporary Japan: The Nexus of Gender, Shame, and Ambivalence

This book considers the role of the family in the lives of offenders and the criminal justice system in Japan. Looking particularly at gender and patriarchal power relations, it reveals how cultural notions of femininity prompt the criminal justice system to rely on women as its proxy. This book explores how families of offenders often step in to fill the voids left by criminal justice institutions and social services to provide offenders with all-inclusive care. Author Biohttps://thekeep.eiu.edu/authors_at_eiu_books/1008/thumbnail.jp

History’s unsung hero: Examining Oscar Dunn and African American history through a graphical novel

Social studies curriculum is at the center of heated debates in U. S. politics. Conservative politicians seek to limit what student are taught about the experiences of people of color who have been oppressed or subjected to racist policies and treatment throughout American history. Whitewashing history denies students the chance to examine history in its fullness as they are unable to analyze the voices and experiences of all people whose stories have contributed to the American story. In this article, the author explores how graphic novels may be used to teach African American history. Specifically, the author discusses how activities that utilize Monumental: Oscar Dunn and His Radical Fight in Reconstruction Louisiana (Mitchell et al., 2021) help students to examine and contextualize concepts such as democracy, freedom, and what it meant to different groups of people. Activities such as the ones discussed in the article support discipline literacy and foster empathy and students’ ability to understand how topics connected to race and social injustice continue to impact the present

2025: Minda Honey

Minda Honey\u27s (she/her) essays on politics and relationships have appeared in Harper\u27s Bazaar, the Los Angeles Review of Books, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the Oxford American, Teen Vogue, and Longreads. She is the editor of Black Joy at Reckon - the newsletter has more than 30,000 subscribers. Her debut memoir, THE HEARTBREAK YEARS, is a hilarious and intimate portrait of a Black woman finding who she is and who she wants to be, one bad date at a time.https://thekeep.eiu.edu/lionsinwinter_writers/1052/thumbnail.jp