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Prison architecture and punishment in colonial Senegal /Dior Konaté.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, (c)2018.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498560153
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • HV8829 .P757 2018
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
Contents:
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.
Subject: 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.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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.

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.

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