Reconciliation discourse : the case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission /

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Author / Creator:	Verdoolaege, Annelies.
Imprint:	Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008.
Description:	1 online resource (xii, 238 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture, 1569-9463 ; v. 27 Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 27.
Subject:	South Africa. -- Truth and Reconciliation Commission. South Africa. -- Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa. Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- South Africa. Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- South Africa. Discourse analysis -- Political aspects. Reconciliation -- Political aspects. South Africa. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171545

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ISBN:	9789027291615 9027291616 9027227187 9789027227188 1282152270 9781282152274
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-227) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	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.
Other form:	Print version: Verdoolaege, Annelies. Reconciliation discourse. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008 9789027227188 9027227187

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