par
Wilson, Richard, 1964-
Numéro de rayon préféré
305.800968 22
Date de publication
2001
Résumé
"The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) was set up to deal with the human rights violations of apartheid during the years 1960-1994. However, as Wilson shows, the TRC's restorative justice approach to healing the nation did not always serve the needs of communities at a local level. Based on extended anthropological fieldwork, this book illustrates the impact of the TRC in urban African communities in the Johannesburg area. While a religious constituency largely embraced the Commission's religious-redemptive language of reconciliation, Wilson argues that the TRC had little effect on popular ideas of justice as retribution. This provocative study deepens our understanding of post-apartheid South Africa and the use of human rights discourse. It ends on a call for more cautious and realistic expectations about what human rights institutions can achieve in democratizing countries."--Jacket.
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43630.8008
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par
Houze, David, 1965-
Numéro de rayon préféré
916.8046508996073 22
Date de publication
2006
Résumé
Triggers a journey of self-discovery and reconnection that ranges from the shores of South Africa to the dirty roads of Mississippi - and back. This narrative uses the unraveling mystery of Houze's family and his quest for identity as a prism through which to view the tumultuous events of the civil rights movement in Mississippi.
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0.0707
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