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Author Buntman, Fran Lisa, 1965-

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

Publication Info. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Description 1 online resource (xviii, 340 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index.
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.
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Subject Political prisoners -- Political activity -- South Africa -- Robben Island.
Political prisoners -- Political activity.
South Africa -- Robben Island.
Political prisoners.
Black people -- Political activity -- South Africa -- Robben Island.
Black people -- Political activity.
Black people.
Prisons -- South Africa -- Robben Island.
Prisons.
Anti-apartheid movements -- South Africa -- Robben Island.
Anti-apartheid movements.
Government, Resistance to -- South Africa -- Robben Island.
Government, Resistance to.
Apartheid -- South Africa.
Apartheid.
South Africa.
Robben Island (South Africa) -- Social conditions.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Buntman, Fran Lisa, 1965- Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003 (DLC) 2002031407
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