Title Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid / Fran Lisa Buntman

Published Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) : illustrations 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 Summary 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 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index Notes English Print version record Subject Political prisoners -- Political activity -- South Africa -- Robben Island Black people -- Political activity -- South Africa -- Robben Island Prisons -- South Africa -- Robben Island Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- Robben Island Government, Resistance to -- South Africa -- Robben Island Apartheid -- South Africa. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Civil Rights. POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Freedom & Security -- Human Rights. Anti-apartheid movements Apartheid Black people -- Political activity Government, Resistance to Political prisoners -- Political activity Prisons Social conditions SUBJECT Robben Island (South Africa) -- Social conditions Subject South Africa South Africa -- Robben Island Form Electronic book ISBN 9780511163944 0511163940 9780521007825 0521007828 9780521809931 0521809932 9780521537681 0521537681 0511164742 9780511164743 0511165870 9780511165870 9780511616327 0511616325 1280437324 9781280437328 9786610437320 6610437327 1107144140 9781107144149 0511184239 9780511184239 0511312806 9780511312809

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