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
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
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Includes bibliographical references
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