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Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Stanford Studies in Human Rights)
Rita Kesselring
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Paperback. Series: Stanford Studies in Human Rights. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; JHMC; JPVH; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Bodies of Truth offers an intimate account of how apartheid victims deal with the long-term effects of violence, focusing on the intertwined themes of embodiment, injury, victimhood, and memory. In 2002, victims of apartheid-era violence filed suit against multinational corporations, accusing them of aiding and abetting the security forces of the apartheid regime. While the litigation made its way through the U.S. courts, thousands of victims of gross human rights violations have had to cope with painful memories of violence. They have also confronted an official discourse claiming that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the 1990s sufficiently addressed past ... Read more
Bodies of Truth offers an intimate account of how apartheid victims deal with the long-term effects of violence, focusing on the intertwined themes of embodiment, injury, victimhood, and memory. In 2002, victims of apartheid-era violence filed suit against multinational corporations, accusing them of aiding and abetting the security forces of the apartheid regime. While the litigation made its way through the U.S. courts, thousands of victims of gross human rights violations have had to cope with painful memories of violence. They have also confronted an official discourse claiming that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of the 1990s sufficiently addressed past ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Stanford Studies in Human Rights
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804799782
SKU
V9780804799782
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About Rita Kesselring
Rita Kesselring is Senior Lecturer at the Institute for Social Anthropology at the University of Basel, Switzerland.
Reviews for Bodies of Truth: Law, Memory, and Emancipation in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Stanford Studies in Human Rights)
In capturing the difficulty of understanding pain, Kesselring's subtle, challenging ethnography will make essential reading for any scholar trying to understand the challenges of coming to terms with victimhood and its aftermath and will be particularly important reading for scholars of apartheid and its wake.
Nicholas Rush Smith
Anthropological Quarterly
Bodies of Truth is essential ... Read more
Nicholas Rush Smith
Anthropological Quarterly
Bodies of Truth is essential ... Read more