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Reconciliation Discourse

The Case of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Reconciliation Discourse( )
Author: Verdoolaege, Annelies
ISBN:978-90-272-2718-8
Publication Date:Jan 2008
Publisher:John Benjamins Publishing Company
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:AUD $238.95
Book Description:

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...
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Book Details
Pages:254
Detailed Subjects: Psychology / Interpersonal Relations
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Semantics
Political Science / World / African
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):16.4 x 24.5 cm
Book Weight:0.595 Kilograms



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