Ambiguities of Witnessing - Law and Literature in the Time of a Truth Commission (Paperback)


The first title to explore the complex relationship between law and literature in crimes of apartheid brought before South Africa's Truth and reconciliation commission, ambiguities of witnessing analyses key individual testimonies. Whereas most existing books on this and other truth commissions are weighed down by abstract legal and philosophical discussion, this title does justice to witnesses' public testimony in a fascinating and theoretically sophisticated investigation of questions of human rights, mourning, forgiveness, and reparation. Framed by the personal, Ambiguities of Witnessing also meditates on what it means for the writer to respond to this epochal event in the history of post-apartheid South Africa.

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The first title to explore the complex relationship between law and literature in crimes of apartheid brought before South Africa's Truth and reconciliation commission, ambiguities of witnessing analyses key individual testimonies. Whereas most existing books on this and other truth commissions are weighed down by abstract legal and philosophical discussion, this title does justice to witnesses' public testimony in a fascinating and theoretically sophisticated investigation of questions of human rights, mourning, forgiveness, and reparation. Framed by the personal, Ambiguities of Witnessing also meditates on what it means for the writer to respond to this epochal event in the history of post-apartheid South Africa.

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Wits University Press

Country of origin

South Africa

Release date

November 2007

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Dimensions

227 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)

Format

Paperback

Pages

257

ISBN-13

978-1-86814-460-0

Barcode

9781868144600

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LSN

1-86814-460-7



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