02115nam a22002657a 4500 3228 20241127120912.0 241127b sa ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780521 007825 Paperback RDA ENG 3228 323.0440968 BUNT Buntman, Fran Lisa 74540 Robben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid Fran Lisa Buntman. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003. xviii, 340 pages colour illustrations: 24 cm Cambridge Africa collection Cambridge Africa collection. 9780521 007825 Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index. Summary: "Robben Island prison in South Africa held thousands of black opponents of apartheid, including Nelson Mandela. This book reconstructs these political prisoners' resistance strategies to show how these men created a political and social order behind bars. Survival was their first goal; challenging apartheid was their true aim. So although Robben Island was designed to repress, it was continually transformed by its political inmates into a site of resistance. The book theorizes that, where material conditions permit, the most far-reaching and effective forms of resistance involve constructive political action that seeks to remake existing power relationships. This theory is demonstrated in three focuses of the book: the activism of Robben Islanders, the effects of political prisoner resistance on the apartheid state machinery, and comparative cases that illustrate various international instances of political prisoners' shaping both prisons and political orders."--Jacket Adult South Africa 116385 Anti-apartheid movements Apartheid Black people—Political activity Government, Resistance to Political prisoners—Political activity Prisons Social conditions South Africa South Africa—Robben Island 50479281 Fran Lisa Buntman, Karen Altschlager 191253 ddc BOOK 12663 Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale 12663 Priscilla Nozizwe Mogale 771203 771202 0 0 ddc 0 0 300 MKHUL MKHUL Non_Fiction 2024-11-27 250.00 0 323.0440968 BUNT 33228 022895187 2024-11-27 2024-11-27 BOOK