Prison Architecture and Punishment in Colonial Senegal

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

Dior Konaté is associate professor of African history at South Carolina State University.

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.

Product details

• Authors: Dior Konate, Dior Konaté, Konate Dior
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781498560146
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-6014-6
• No. of pages: 358
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Politics and government, African History, Crime and criminology, Crime & criminology