| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 238 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture,
1569-9463 ;
v. 27
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Discourse approaches to politics, society, and culture ; v. 27.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-227) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. |
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South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. |
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Reconciliation -- Political aspects -- South Africa.
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Reconciliation -- Political aspects. |
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South Africa. |
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Reconciliation -- Social aspects -- South Africa.
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Reconciliation. |
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Social aspects. |
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects -- South Africa.
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Discourse analysis -- Political aspects. |
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Discourse analysis. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Verdoolaege, Annelies. Reconciliation discourse. Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Pub., ©2008 9789027227188 9027227187 (DLC) 2007040633 (OCoLC)173748776 |
| ISBN |
9789027291615 (electronic book) |
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9027291616 (electronic book) |
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9027227187 (cloth) |
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9789027227188 (cloth) |
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1282152270 |
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9781282152274 |
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