Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-6014-6 (ISBN)
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.
Dior Konaté is associate professor of African history at South Carolina State University.
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 Senegal
Chapter 6: Architectural Makeover: The Legacy of Colonial Prisons in Senegal
Appendix: Prison Experiences and Narratives: The Power of Words
Bibliography
Index
About the Author
| Erscheinungsdatum | 10.05.2021 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 26 BW Photos, 5 Tables |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 162 x 227 mm |
| Gewicht | 649 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4985-6014-8 / 1498560148 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4985-6014-6 / 9781498560146 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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