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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Boston College: Lowell Humanities Series : Alice Goffman "On the Run"
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SUMMARY:Boston College: Lowell Humanities Series : Alice Goffman "On the Run"
DESCRIPTION:<p class="default"><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="af7807f4-2583-4579-b5b3-94c58ac9ce2a" data-align="left" data-view-mode="hwp_small"></drupal-media><strong>Alice Goffman</strong> is an American sociologist, urban ethnographer, and assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her book, <em>On The Run: Fugitive Life in an American City </em>examines the largely hidden world of police beatings, court fees, sentencing hearings, and low level warrants that pervade daily life for young people in one poor Black neighborhood in Philadelphia. <em>On The Run </em>was listed as a Notable Book of 2014 by <em>The New York Times </em>as well as being listed among the best nonfiction books of 2014 by <em>Publisher’s Weekly</em>.</p><p>For additional information about the Lowell Humanities Series, please visit our website (<a href="http://www.bc.edu/lowell">www.bc.edu/lowell</a>) or contact the series director, Professor James Smith at <a href="mailto:james.smith.2@bc.edu">james.smith.2@bc.edu</a>.</p>
LOCATION:The Murray Function Room, Yawkey Center, Boston College
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