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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine, 1990- (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, [2022]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
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.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:"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 struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe"--
Description matérielle:1 online resource (302 pages): illustrations, maps ;
ISBN:9780821447741

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