Colonial And Postcolonial Incarceration

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The first study to deal extensively and comparatively with capture, imprisonment and punishment in colonial and postcolonial cultures. Offering textual as well as historical analysis, each chapter focuses on a specific national or regional arena. Each also provides foundational insight into the social, economic and cultural conditions prevalent in colonial societies. Chapters, written by a wide range of international specialists, include coverage of the early modern to the contemporary period as well as coverage of cultural arenas from Europe to Asia, Australia, northern and southern Africa and North America.

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Colonial and Post-Colonial Incarceration

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The first study to deal extensively and comparatively with capture, imprisonment and punishment in colonial and postcolonial cultures. Offering textual as well as historical analysis, each chapter focuses on a specific national or regional arena. Each also provides foundational insight into the social, economic and cultural conditions prevalent in colonial societies. Chapters, written by a wide range of international specialists, include coverage of the early modern to the contemporary period as well as coverage of cultural arenas from Europe to Asia, Australia, northern and southern Africa and North America.

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Arguing that the relative paucity of scholarly studies on forms of incarceration in colonial societies adds to our misunderstanding of incarceration in postcolonial societies, Harper (creative and performing arts, U. of Wales) presents 15 essays that, from a variety of geographic and disciplinary perspectives, attempt to parse the meaning of the carceral experience under imperialism and colonialism. Specific topics addressed include captivity narratives of Tasmania, the language of literary production and detention in Kenya, the textual enclosure of the encouragement of American "Chinatowns," the placement of Brendan Behan's Borstal Boy within the traditions of nationalism in Irish prison literature, and the relationship between South Africàs Truth and Reconciliation Commission and apartheid prison narratives in the construction of national memory. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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