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Jovan Scott Lewis Scammer's Yard (Paperback)
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- Book Title
- Scammer's Yard
- Title
- Scammer's Yard
- Subtitle
- The Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica
- ISBN-10
- 1517909988
- EAN
- 9781517909987
- ISBN
- 9781517909987
- Release Date
- 27/10/2020
- Release Year
- 2020
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 140mm
- Genre
- Society & Culture
- Topic
- Business & Finance
- Publication Year
- 2020
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Publication Name
- Scammer's Yard: the Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica
- Item Height
- 216 mm
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Item Width
- 140 mm
- Subject
- Economics, Anthropology
- Number of Pages
- 216 Pages
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Tells the story of Jamaican scammers who use crime to gain autonomy, opportunity, and repair There is romance in stealing from the rich to give to the poor, but how does that change when those perceived rich are elderly white North Americans and the poor are young Black Jamaicans? In this innovative ethnography, Jovan Scott Lewis tells the story of Omar, Junior, and Dwayne. Young and poor, they strive to make a living in Montego Bay, where call centers and tourism are the two main industries in the struggling economy. Their experience of grinding poverty and drastically limited opportunity leads them to conclude that scamming is the best means of gaining wealth and advancement. Otherwise, they are doomed to live in sufferation -an inescapable poverty that breeds misery, frustration, and vexation. In the Jamaican lottery scam run by these men, targets are told they have qualified for a large loan or award if they pay taxes or transfer fees. When the fees are paid, the award never arrives, netting the scammers tens of thousands of U.S. dollars. Through interviews, historical sources, song lyrics, and court testimonies, Lewis examines how these scammers justify their deceit, discovering an ethical narrative that reformulates ideas of crime and transgression and their relationship to race, justice, and debt. Scammer's Yard describes how these young men, seeking to overcome inequality and achieve autonomy, come to view crime as a form of liberation. Their logic raises unsettling questions about a world economy that relegates postcolonial populations to deprivation even while expecting them to follow the rules of capitalism that exacerbate their dispossession. In this groundbreaking account, Lewis asks whether true reparation for the legacy of colonialism is to be found only through radical-even criminal-means.
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Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-13
9781517909987
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20046685816
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Scammer's Yard: the Crime of Black Repair in Jamaica
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Economics, Anthropology
Publication Year
2020
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
216 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
216 mm
Item Width
140 mm
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United States
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