TY  - GEN
T1  - Bearing witness : women and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa
T2  - Anthropology, culture, and society.
A1  - Ross, Fiona C.
LA  - English
PP  - London ; Sterling, Va.
PB  - Pluto Press
YR  - 2003
UL  - https://ebooks.jgu.edu.in/Record/jstor_eba_ocm53983553
AB  - People who witness acts of terror and violence are often called after the event to bear witness to what they saw. In cases where this violence is inflicted by the state upon its own people, the process of bearing witness is both politically complex and traumatic for the individual involved. Independent trials and commissions have become important mechanisms through which the truth of past violence is sought in democratising states, but to date there has been little close attention to the processes and complexity of the work of such institutions. Fiona Ross's fascinating study of the process of bearing witness is the first book to examine the gendered dimensions of this topic from an anthropological and ethnographic viewpoint. Taking as a key example the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa, Ross explores women's relationships to testimony, particularly the extent to which women avoid talking about or are silent about certain forms of violence and suffering. Offering a wealth of first-hand examples, Ross approaches a more subtle understanding of the achievements and the limitations of testimony as a measure of suffering and recovery generally. Is it, she asks, the panacea it is usually seen as? Or do conventional discourses on human rights, suffering and reconciliation oversimplify an altogether more complex and problematic process?
OP  - 206
CN  - HV6250.4.W65 R68 2003eb
SN  - 9781849641500
SN  - 1849641501
SN  - 0585488703
SN  - 9780585488707
SN  - 0745318924
SN  - 9780745318929
SN  - 9781783715268
SN  - 178371526X
SN  - 0745318916
SN  - 9780745318912
KW  - South Africa. : Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
KW  - South Africa. : Truth and Reconciliation Commission
KW  - Südafrika <Staat> / Wahrheits- und Versöhnungkommission.
KW  - Women : Crimes against : South Africa : History : 20th century.
KW  - Women social reformers : South Africa : History : 20th century.
KW  - Social perception : Sex differences : South Africa.
KW  - Oral communication : Social aspects : South Africa.
KW  - Apartheid : South Africa : History : 20th century.
KW  - Human rights : South Africa : History : 20th century.
KW  - Women political activists : South Africa : History : 20th century.
KW  - Femmes : Crimes contre : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Femmes activistes : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Perception sociale : Différences entre sexes : Afrique du Sud.
KW  - Communication orale : Aspect social : Afrique du Sud.
KW  - Apartheid : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Droits de l'homme (Droit international) : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - Réformatrices sociales : Afrique du Sud : Histoire : 20e siècle.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Services & Welfare.
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE : Public Policy : Social Security.
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE : Anthropology : Cultural.
KW  - Women political activists
KW  - Apartheid
KW  - Human rights
KW  - Oral communication : Social aspects
KW  - Social perception : Sex differences
KW  - Women : Crimes against
KW  - Women social reformers
KW  - South Africa
KW  - Zeuge
KW  - Gewalt
KW  - Frau
KW  - Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
KW  - Mensenrechten.
KW  - Getuigen.
KW  - Vrouwen.
KW  - 1900-1999
KW  - History
ER  -