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Truth and reconciliation : the confessional mode in South African literature / Susan VanZanten Gallagher.
Van Pelt Library PR9362.6.C64 G35 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- VanZanten, Susan, 1955-
- Series:
- Studies in African literature 1351-5713
- Studies in African literature, 1351-5713
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- South African prose literature (English)--History and criticism.
- South African prose literature (English).
- Confession in literature.
- Autobiographical fiction, South African (English)--History and criticism.
- Autobiographical fiction, South African (English).
- Autobiography.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 206 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2002]
- Contents:
- Introduction: Confession and the Postmodern Age xiii
- Part I. Confession
- 1 A Genealogy of Confession 3
- 2 Self, Society, and Confession 23
- Part II. Apartheid
- 3 Confession and Oppression 37
- 4 "Disembodied Voices": The Confessions of Exiles 55
- 5 "The Truth Rooms": The Confessions of Prisoners 81
- Part III. Freedom
- 6 Confession and Reconciliation 107
- 7 "My Traitor's Heart": The Confessions of Afrikaners 145
- 8 Long Walk to Freedom: The Confession of Nelson Mandela 163
- Conclusion: Hope 179.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [181]-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0325070644
- OCLC:
- 48544766
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