Reconciliation discourse : the case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission /
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Author / Creator: | Verdoolaege, Annelies. |
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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. |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11171545 |
ISBN: | 9789027291615 9027291616 9027227187 9789027227188 1282152270 9781282152274 |
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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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