Narrating political reconciliation : South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission /
"Narrating Political Reconciliation investigates the discourse of reconciliation that shaped South Africa's social and political transition from the conflicts that characterized apartheid rule. The first monograph-length theoretical account of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Com...
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| Language: | English |
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Lanham :
Lexington Books,
[2008]
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| Summary: | "Narrating Political Reconciliation investigates the discourse of reconciliation that shaped South Africa's social and political transition from the conflicts that characterized apartheid rule. The first monograph-length theoretical account of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), this book is based on theory-driven empirical research. Claire Moon's unique approach combines discourse analysis and narrative theory, informed both by the writings of Michel Foucault and Louis Althusser and by the insights of theorists such as Hayden White and Frank Kermode. Moon uses this approach to interpret official declarations, legal texts, official reports, and individual testimonies that preceded and emerged from the TRC to show how reconciliation was constructed, how it was articulated by its agents and subjects, and how it was contested and repudiated."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 179 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-166) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780739121276 0739121278 9780739140451 (paperback 0739140450 (paperback |