| Description |
xii, 303 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Conjunctions : life narratives in the field of human rights -- The venues of storytelling -- Truth, reconciliation, and the traumatic past of South Africa -- Indigenous human rights in Australia : who speaks for the stolen generations? -- Belated narrating : "grandmothers" telling stories of forced sexual slavery during World War II -- Life sentences : narrated lives and prisoner rights in the United States -- Post-Tiananmen narratives and the new China -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
Personal narratives have become one of the most potent vehicles for advancing human rights claims across the world. This text explores what happens when autobiographical narratives are produced, received and circulated in the field of human rights. Author Schaffer from University of Adelaide, SA |
| Analysis |
Civil & human rights (Australia) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-279) and index |
| Subject |
Human rights -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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Human rights -- History -- Sources.
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Human rights -- Personal narratives.
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Human rights.
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| Genre/Form |
Personal narratives.
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Personal narratives.
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| Author |
Smith, Sidonie.
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| LC no. |
2003067786 |
| ISBN |
9781403964946 hardcover alkaline paper |
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9781403964953 paperback alkaline paper |
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1403964947 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1403964955 paperback alkaline paper |
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