ORPP logo
Image from Google Jackets

Shattered Voices : Language, Violence, and the Work of Truth Commissions.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights SeriesPublisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006Copyright date: ©2004Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (189 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780812203271
Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Shattered VoicesDDC classification:
  • 323.4/9
LOC classification:
  • JC580 -- .P48 2004eb
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
Summary: "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.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Star ratings
    Average rating: 0.0 (0 votes)
No physical items for this record

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.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

© 2024 Resource Centre. All rights reserved.