South Africa's Struggle to Remember: Contested Memories of Squatter Resistance in the Western Cape

ISBN-13: 9781138386402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 184 str.

Kim Wale

Opis

This book tells a different version of South African liberation history in relation to the dominant narrative, analysing local memory community histories.

Recenzje

"This study ...uti-lises a unique and often stirring collection of voices expressing suffering, confusion and indignation in relation to the past and present to put forward insightful argu-ments about power in transitional societies."

Danielle Van Zyl-Hermann, University of the Free State, African Affairs, April 2017, Vol 4116, Issue 463

Spis treści

1. Histories of struggle and violence  2. Transitional justice memory frames  3. Unfolding a memory paradox  4. Narratives of struggle and violence  5. Narratives of transition: Disillusionment and dependency  6. Reclaiming people's power in local memory  7. Hegemony and agency in memory narratives

O autorze

Kim Wale is a post-doctoral fellow in Trauma, Forgiveness and Reconciliation Studies at the University of the Free State, South Africa. As a Commonwealth Scholar, she completed her PhD in post-conflict development at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, United Kingdom. Dr Wale is co-editor and co-author of the book Class in Soweto (2013, UKZN Press), which was selected as an Outstanding Academic Title by the CHOICE review journal for academic libraries.