Reconciliation Discourse: The Case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Annelies Verdoolaege
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 post-conflict society. The book is unique on several levels: TRC discourse is explored in-depth on the basis of personal stories from TRC testifiers; a combination of Poststructuralist and Critical Discourse Analysis approaches form the theoretical foundations; and an extensive bibliography provides an impressive database of TRC publications.
Rok:
2008
Wydanie:
1st
Wydawnictwo:
John Benjamins
Język:
english
Strony:
238
ISBN 10:
9027291616
ISBN 13:
9789027291615
Serie:
Discourse Approaches to Politics, Society and Culture 27
Plik:
PDF, 1.65 MB
IPFS:
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english, 2008