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Carceral afterlives : prisons, detention, and punishment in postcolonial Uganda / Katherine Bruce-Lockhart.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine, 1990- author.
- Series:
- New African histories series.
- New African Histories
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Prisons--Uganda--History.
- Prisons.
- Imprisonment--Uganda--History.
- Imprisonment.
- Political prisoners--Uganda.
- Political prisoners.
- Uganda.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (301 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens, Ohio : Ohio University Press, 2022.
- Summary:
- "This social and political history analyzes how incarceration, a practice and policy with colonial origins, was central to both the exertion of and challenges to state power in postcolonial Uganda. The book also illustrates the persistent imbrication of prisons, punishment, politics, and struggles for decolonization and freedom across the globe"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction Captivity and Freedom in Postcolonial Uganda
- Colonial "Cinderella": Prisons and Punishment in the Colonial Period
- A National Prisons Service
- Professional Identities and Institutional Imaginaries: Prison Work in the Postcolonial State
- Detention and Dissent in the Obote I Years
- "Dungeons," Disappearance, and Detention: Punishment during the Amin Years
- State of War: Conflict and Confinement After Amin
- Conclusion Contested Pasts, Contested Futures.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780821447741
- 0821447742
- OCLC:
- 1288421446
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