Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid /

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Author / Creator:	Buntman, Fran Lisa, 1965-
Imprint:	Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
Description:	1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Subject:	Political prisoners -- Political activity -- South Africa -- Robben Island. Blacks -- 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. Anti-apartheid movements. Apartheid. Blacks -- Political activity. Government, Resistance to. Political prisoners -- Political activity. Prisons. Social conditions Robben Island (South Africa) -- Social conditions. South Africa. South Africa -- Robben Island.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11201038

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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 0511163940 0521007828 0521809932 0521537681
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Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index. English. Print version record.
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.
Other form:	Print version: Buntman, Fran Lisa, 1965- Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003

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.

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