Bearing witness : women and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa /
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. Independ...
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| Natura: | Licensed eBooks |
| Lingua: | inglese |
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London ; Sterling, Va. :
Pluto Press
2003.
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| Serie: | Anthropology, culture, and society.
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| Accesso online: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctt18fs5dm |
Sommario:
- Making the subject
- Testimonial practices
- The self in extremity
- Narrative threads
- Considerations of harm.