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Prison architecture and punishment in colonial Senegal /

By examining the history of prison architecture in colonial Senegal, the book adds a new dimension to the processes and motives behind the production of architectural styles in colonial Africa and help insert Africa into a more global history by providing a uniquely comparative study of colonialism,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Konaté, Dior, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, 2018.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: African prisons and history
  • Penal politics in colonial Senegal
  • Building the colonial prison in Senegal (1817-1950)
  • Prison location : controlling men and enforcing labor
  • Prison architecture and penal experience
  • The architecture of repression : prison buildings and designs in Senegal (1833-1946)
  • Prison architecture and patterns of surveillance, life, and discipline
  • Redesigning the colonial prison : African responses to imprisonment
  • Post-colonial prisons in Senegal
  • Architectural makeover : the legacy of colonial prisons in Senegal
  • Appendix: Prison experiences and narratives : the power of words.