Prisons as Spaces of Friendships in Apartheid South Africa

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12650367
AutoresBarbara Caine (Monash Health, autor correspondente)
Ano2006
Volume3
Fascículo2
Páginas42.1-42.13
Data de publicação2006-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHistory Australia (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1449-0854 • E-ISSN: 1833-4881
EditoraTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.2104/ha060042
OpenAlexW2064896641
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas6
Referências citadas10

This article explores the importance of friendship in enabling people to survive the appalling conditions of imprisonment in South Africa under the apartheid regime. It argues that, despite their concern to isolate people in prisons, the regime ultimately fostered important social links within them. The bonds established between prisoners on Robben Island are well known, but the article looks again both at the gift for and the approach to friendship evident in the life of Nelson Mandela, and contrasts the approach to friendship of some of the women incarcerated in prisons with that of some prominent men

Criminology · Friendship · Imprisonment · Political science · Prison · Social science · Sociology · African studies and sociopolitical issues · Gender Studies · Legal Issues in South Africa · South African History and Culture