Carceral Afterlives Prisons, Detention, and Punishment in Postcolonial Uganda |
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| Author:
| Bruce-Lockhart, Katherine |
| Series title: | New African Histories Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8214-2478-0 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2022 |
| Publisher: | Ohio University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $36.95 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.