"The Canadian public largely understands reconciliation as the harmonization of Indigenous–settler relations for the benefit of the nation. But is this really happening? Reconciliation politics, as developed in South America and South Africa, work counter to retributive justice. The Theatre of...

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1. Verfasser:	Gaertner, David 1979- (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Vancouver ; Toronto University of British Culumbia Press [2020]
Schlagworte:	Wiedergutmachung Versöhnung Indigenes Volk Kanada Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Truth commissions / Canada Reconciliation / Political aspects / Canada Reconciliation in literature Canada / Race relations Indigenous art / Canada Canadian literature / Indigenous authors / History and criticism Indigenous peoples / Canada / Residential schools Indigenous art Race relations Reconciliation / Political aspects Truth commissions Canada
Zusammenfassung:	"The Canadian public largely understands reconciliation as the harmonization of Indigenous–settler relations for the benefit of the nation. But is this really happening? Reconciliation politics, as developed in South America and South Africa, work counter to retributive justice. The Theatre of Regret asks whether – within the contexts of settler colonialism – this approach will ultimately favour the state over the needs and requirements of Indigenous peoples. Interweaving literature, art, and other creative media throughout his analysis, David Gaertner questions the state-centred frameworks of reconciliation by exploring the critical roles that Indigenous and allied authors play in defining, challenging, and refusing settler regret. In 2007, Canada became the first liberal democracy to formally implement a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) process, a prominent element of global intrastate politics in the 1990s. Through close examination of core concepts in reconciliation theory – acknowledgement, apology, redress, and forgiveness – Gaertner unpacks reconciliation within the contexts of Canadian settler colonialism and the international history of the TRC. In so doing, he exposes the deeply embedded colonial ideologies that often define reconciliation in settler colonial states. The Theatre of Regret redirects current debates about reconciliation and provides a roadmap for the deconstruction of state-centred discourses of regret."
Beschreibung:	Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:	x, 310 Seiten
ISBN:	9780774865357 9780774865364