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Reconciliation Discourse
Annelies Verdoolaege
其他書名
The Case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission
出版John Benjamins Publishing, 2008
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / RhetoricHistory / Africa / South / Republic of South Africa
ISBN97890272271889027227187
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=yctTLOLHEI8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋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.