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020			_a9780521 007825 _qPaperback
040			_aRDA _bENG _c3228
082			_a323.0440968 BUNT
100			_aBuntman, Fran Lisa _974540
245			_aRobben Island and prisoner resistance to apartheid _cFran Lisa Buntman.
260			_aCambridge, UK ; New York : _bCambridge University Press, _c2003.
300			_axviii, 340 pages _bcolour illustrations: _c24 cm
490			_aCambridge Africa collection Cambridge Africa collection. _v9780521 007825
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 313-327) and index.
520			_aSummary: "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
521			_aAdult
651			_aSouth Africa _9116385
654			_2Anti-apartheid movements Apartheid Black people—Political activity Government, Resistance to Political prisoners—Political activity Prisons Social conditions South Africa South Africa—Robben Island
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700			_aFran Lisa Buntman, Karen Altschlager _9191253
942			_2ddc _cBOOK _w12663 _xPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale _y12663 _zPriscilla Nozizwe Mogale
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