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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782175103321

Titolo

Discourse and human rights violations [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Christine Anthonissen and Jan Blommaert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Philadelphia, : John Benjamins Pub., c2007

ISBN

1-282-15485-0

9786612154850

90-272-9273-6

Descrizione fisica

ix, 142 p

Collana

Benjamins Current topics ; ; v. 5

Altri autori (Persone)

AnthonissenChristine

BlommaertJan

Disciplina

968.06

Soggetti

Reconciliation - Political aspects - South Africa

Apartheid - South Africa

Apartheid in literature

Human rights - South Africa

Discourse analysis - South Africa

War crimes - Austria - Public opinion

Discourse analysis - Austria

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di contenuto

The debate on truth and reconciliation : a survey of literature on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Annelies Verdoolaege -- Narrative inequality in the TRC hearings : on the hearability of hidden transcripts / Jan Blommaert, Mary Bock, and Kay McCormick -- Critical discourse analysis as an analytic tool in considering selected, prominent features of TRC testimonies / Christine Anthonissen -- South African novelists and the grand narrative of apartheid / Annie Gagiano -- Linguistic bearings and testimonial practices / Fiona Ross -- History in the making/the making of history : the "German Wehrmacht" in collective and individual memories in Austria / Ruth Wodak.