Dance in chains : political imprisonment in the modern world / Padraic Kenney.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kenney, Padraic, 1963- (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2017]
Subjects:	Since 1900 Political prisoners > History. Imprisonment > Political aspects > History. Dissenters > History. Political prisoners > Poland > History. Political prisoners > Northern Ireland > History. Political prisoners > South Africa > History. World politics > 1900-1945. World politics > 1945-1989. World politics > 1989- SOCIAL SCIENCE > Penology. Dissenters Political prisoners World politics Northern Ireland Poland South Africa History
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Table of Contents:

Introduction: Where a free man can abide with honor
"But I have no wish to be discharged" : when imprisonment became political
Night and fog : the regime and its prisoners
"Everyone learned prison" : becoming a political prisoner
"You have the consolation of being very much in the fight" : the cause in prison
"How to free your prisoner" : the personal and the political of international prisoner support
"A close-knit group, chosen with care" : community and order in the political camp and prison
"I was confusing the prison" : the contest in the cell
"Why wouldn't I laugh, when I win either way?" : the hunger strike
"This purgatory is useful" : how prison forges politics
Conclusion: The politics of prisoners' stories
Epilogue: "Nobody survives Guantanamo" : a political prison today
Notes
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