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Shattered voices : language, violence, and the work of truth commissions

Title
Shattered voices : language, violence, and the work of truth commissions / Teresa Godwin Phelps.
Author
Phelps, Teresa Godwin.
Publication
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004.

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Description
180 p.; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Subject
  • Truth commissions
  • Human rights
  • Reconciliation
  • Governmental investigations
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-172) and index.
Contents
Prologue for Paulina -- The demise of Paulina's good: from personal revenge to state punishment -- The demonizing of revenge -- Language, violence and oppression -- What can stories do? -- Telling stories in a search of justice: the Argentinian, Chilean, and Salvadoran truth commissions -- Telling stories in a search for more than justice: the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission -- The truth must dazzle gradually.
Call Number
JFE 04-10665
ISBN
0812237978 (alk. paper)
LCCN
2004041498
OCLC
54034775
Author
Phelps, Teresa Godwin.
Title
Shattered voices : language, violence, and the work of truth commissions / Teresa Godwin Phelps.
Imprint
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2004.
Series
Pennsylvania studies in human rights
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-172) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 04-10665
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