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Prison architecture and punishment in colonial Senegal
- Title
- Prison architecture and punishment in colonial Senegal / Dior Konaté.
- Author
- Konaté, Dior, 1969-
- Publication
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
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Details
- Description
- xv, 341 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- 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--Provided by publisher.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 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.
- Call Number
- Sc E 19-1435
- ISBN
- 9781498560146
- 1498560148
- LCCN
- 2018037656
- 40028677926
- OCLC
- 1048933852
- Author
- Konaté, Dior, 1969- author.
- Title
- Prison architecture and punishment in colonial Senegal / Dior Konaté.
- Publisher
- Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 40028677926
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 19-1435