South Africa''s Struggle to Remember - Contested Memories of Squatter Resistance in the Western Cape

Zusatztext "This study...uti-lises a unique and often stirring collection of voices expressing sufering! confusion and indignation in relation to the past and present to put forward insightful argu-ments about power in transitional societies."Danielle Van Zyl-Hermann! University of the Free State! African Affairs!April 2017! Vol 4116! Issue 463 Informationen zum Autor Kim Wale is a post-doctoral fellow in Trauma! Forgiveness and Reconciliation Studies at the University of the Free State! South Africa. As a Commonwealth Scholar! she completed her PhD in post-conflict development at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)! University of London! United Kingdom. Dr Wale is co-editor and co-author of the book Class in Soweto (2013! UKZN Press)! which was selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by the CHOICE review journal for academic libraries. Zusammenfassung This book tells a different version of South African liberation history in relation to the dominant narrative, analysing local memory community histories. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Histories of struggle and violence 2. Transitional justice memory frames 3. Unfolding a memory paradox 4. Narratives of struggle and violence 5. Narratives of transition: Disillusionment and dependency 6. Reclaiming people's power in local memory 7. Hegemony and agency in memory narratives

Product details

• Authors: Kim Wale, Kim (Post-Doctoral Fellow in Trauma Wale, Wale Kim
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.04.2016
• EAN: 9781857437959
• ISBN: 978-1-85743-795-9
• No. of pages: 184
• Series: Europa Perspectives in Transitional Justice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Social structure research; Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society, Republic of South Africa, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Violence in society, Human rights, civil rights, Demonstrations & protest movements, Violence and abuse in society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice