Reconciliation discourse: the case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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Main Author: Verdoolaege, Annelies 1975- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam John Benjamins Pub. ©2008
Series:Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture 27
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Online Access:DE-1046
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-227) and index
Reconciliation Discourse; Editorial page; Title page; LCC data; dedication page; Table of contents; Preface; Acronyms; 1. Introduction; 2. The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission; 3. The TRC archive; 4. The sample; 5. Layering and HRV discour; 6. Reconciliation discourse, truth and society; 6.1 Reconciliation as a multidimensional term at the HRV hearings; 6.2 A multilayered reconciliation discourse in South African reality; 7. Exercising power through discourse; 8. Towards a conclusion; References; Index; The series Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture
This volume is a research monograph analysing the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) from an ethnographic/linguistic point of view. The central proposition of this book is that the TRC can be regarded as a mechanism that leads to the hegemony of specific discourses, thus excercising power. The analysis illustrates how, through a certain type of reconciliation discourse constructed at the TRC hearings, a reconciliation-oriented reality took shape in post-TRC South Africa. Basically, the study points to the long-term implications a truth commission can exert on a traumatised
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xii, 238 pages)
ISBN:9027291616
9789027291615

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