Shattered Voices : Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions.
Phelps, Teresa Godwin.
Shattered Voices : Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (189 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue for Paulina -- 1. The Demise of Paulina's Good: From Personal Revenge to State Punishment -- 2. The Demonizing of Revenge -- 3. Language, Violence, and Oppression -- 4. What Can Stories Do? -- 5. Telling Stories in a Search for Justice: The Argentinian, Chilean, and Salvadoran Truth Commissions -- 6. Telling Stories in a Search for More Than Justice: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- 7. The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgements.
"This vivid and moving book will help shape the emerging form of truth commissions in many places around the world."--James Boyd White, author of The Edge of Meaning.
9780812203271
Electronic books.
JC580 -- .P48 2004eb
323.4/9
Shattered Voices : Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (189 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Prologue for Paulina -- 1. The Demise of Paulina's Good: From Personal Revenge to State Punishment -- 2. The Demonizing of Revenge -- 3. Language, Violence, and Oppression -- 4. What Can Stories Do? -- 5. Telling Stories in a Search for Justice: The Argentinian, Chilean, and Salvadoran Truth Commissions -- 6. Telling Stories in a Search for More Than Justice: The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- 7. The Truth Must Dazzle Gradually -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z -- Acknowledgements.
"This vivid and moving book will help shape the emerging form of truth commissions in many places around the world."--James Boyd White, author of The Edge of Meaning.
9780812203271
Electronic books.
JC580 -- .P48 2004eb
323.4/9