Carceral Afterlives : Prisons, Detention, and Punishment in Postcolonial Uganda /

"This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and strugg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine, 1990- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prisons.
Political prisoners.
Imprisonment.
Prisonniers politiques > Ouganda.
Emprisonnement > Ouganda > Histoire.
Prisons > Ouganda > Histoire.
Political prisoners > Uganda.
Imprisonment > Uganda > History.
Prisons > Uganda > History.
Uganda.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction Captivity and Freedom in Postcolonial Uganda
  • Colonial "Cinderella": Prisons and Punishment in the Colonial Period
  • A National Prisons Service
  • Professional Identities and Institutional Imaginaries: Prison Work in the Postcolonial State
  • Detention and Dissent in the Obote I Years
  • "Dungeons," Disappearance, and Detention: Punishment during the Amin Years
  • State of War: Conflict and Confinement After Amin
  • Conclusion Contested Pasts, Contested Futures.

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