Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid /
Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black political prisoners, including Nelson Mandela, who opposed apartheid. This book reconstructs the inmates' resistance strategies to show how these men created a political and social order behind bars.
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| Online Access: | Electronic book from EBSCO |
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Abbreviations; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Politics and Prison; 3 Resistance for Survival; 4 Resistance Beyond Survival; 5 Prisoner Politics and Organization on Robben Island; 6 Debates and Disagreements; 7 Influencing South African Politics; 8 Political Imprisonment and the State; 9 Theorizing Islander Resistance; 10 Beyond Robben Island: Comparisons and Conclusion; appendix i Diagrams of Robben Island Prison; appendix ii Methodological Notes on Oral and Archival Sources.