Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal (eBook)

Dior Konate (Autor)

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2018
358 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
9781498560153 (ISBN)

Infos

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, architecture, and punishment.

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For the past four decades, a rich scholarship has investigated the emergence of the prison in Europe and North America, mainly the connection between institutional architecture, techniques of social control, and mechanisms of discipline. Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal asks if these connections did exist in colonial Senegal since prisons in Africa had never been the focus of such scholarship. This book addresses three main themes. First, it analyzes prison buildings and their changing architectural forms throughout the colonial period to highlight how the French used prison architecture to control Africans. Second, it describes the connections between the internal layout of prison spaces and punishment to show how the design of prisons expressed the notions of punishment and reforms. The book also undertakes a critical assessment of inmates' agency in reshaping the world of prisons in colonial Senegal. Finally, it discusses the legacy of colonial prisons in independent Senegal. By providing a comprehensive history of prison architecture in Senegal, the book helps insert Africa into a more global history by offering a uniquely comparative study of colonialism, architecture, and punishment.

Autor

Dior Konaté is associate professor of African history at South Carolina State University.

Inhalt

List of Figures List of Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgments Introduction: African Prisons and History Part I. Penal Politics in Colonial Senegal Chapter 1: Building the Colonial Prison in Senegal, 1817-1950 Chapter 2: Prison Location: Controlling Men and Enforcing Labor Part II: Prison Architecture and Penal Experience Chapter 3: The Architecture of Repression: Prison Buildings and Designs in Senegal (1833-1946) Chapter 4: Prison Architecture and Patterns of Surveillance, Life, and Discipline Chapter 5: Redesigning the Colonial Prison: African Responses to Imprisonment Part III. Post-colonial prisons in SenegalChapter 6: Architectural Makeover: The Legacy of Colonial Prisons in Senegal Appendix: Prison Experiences and Narratives: The Power of Words Bibliography Index About the Author

Produkt-Details

• Zusatzinfo: 31 Illustrations including: - 26 Halftones, Black & White including Black & White Photographs; - 5 Tables.
• Verlagsort: Lanham
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• Themenwelt: Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
• Schlagworte: Architecture and Imprisonment • colonial architecture • Colonial prisons • Colonial Senegal • French penal policies • Legacy of prisons • prison architecture • Prison buildings • Prisons and Prisoners • Punishment and discipline
• ISBN-13: 9781498560153 / 9781498560153