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Bearing witness :

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0745318924

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Bearing witness :

[Book]

women and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa /

Fiona C. Ross.

Sterling, Va. :

Pluto Press,

2003.

1 online resource (viii, 206 pages)

Anthropology, culture, and society

Includes bibliographical references (pages 190-199) and index.

Making the subject -- Testimonial practices -- The self in extremity -- Narrative threads -- Considerations of harm.

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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?

JSTOR

22573/ctt18fnc6m

Bearing witness.

0745318916

South Africa.

South Africa.

Südafrika Staat / Wahrheits- und Versöhnungkommission.

Apartheid-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century.

Human rights-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century.

Oral communication-- Social aspects-- South Africa.

Social perception-- Sex differences-- South Africa.

Women-- Crimes against-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century.

Women social reformers-- South Africa-- History-- 20th century.

Apartheid-- Afrique du Sud-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.

Communication orale-- Afrique du Sud-- Aspect social.

Droits de l'homme (Droit international)-- Afrique du Sud-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.

Femmes activistes-- Afrique du Sud-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.

Femmes, Crimes contre les-- Afrique du Sud-- Histoire-- 20e siècle.

Perception sociale-- Afrique du Sud-- Différences entre sexes.

Apartheid.

Frau.

Getuigen.

Gewalt

Human rights.

Mensenrechten.

Oral communication-- Social aspects.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.

Social perception-- Sex differences.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Vrouwen.

Women-- Crimes against.

Women social reformers.

Zeuge

South Africa.

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JHMC

POL-- 019000

POL-- 027000

SOC002010

SOC028000

Ross, Fiona C.

20201204102032.0

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