دانلود کتاب احساسات در قفس – سازگاری، کنترل و تنهایی در زندان

Prison life brims with feelings and intense emotions. The three high-profile excerpts below give some indication of this. In order, they reveal profound anguish and sadness, the oscillation of emotions, and the importance of kindling hope and love: Once again our beloved mummy has been arrested and now she and daddy [the letter writer] are away in jail. My heart bleeds as I think of her sitting in some police cell far away from home, perhaps alone and without anybody to talk to, and with nothing to read. Twenty-four hours of the day longing for her little ones. It may be many months or even years before you see her again. For long you may live, like orphans, without your own home and parents, without the natural love, affection and protection mummy used to give you. Now you will get no birthday or Christmas parties, no presents or new dresses, no shoes or toys. Gone are the days when, after having a warm bath in the evening, you would sit at table with mummy and enjoy her good and simple food. (Mandela, 2014: 106) Wouldn’t you just know it? You prepare yourself for a fight [in prison], then within seconds you’re saturated with relief and it takes all your self-control not to burst into tears…His gesture was the best welcome I could have hoped for. (James, 2003: 57)