Title Traumatic storytelling and memory in post-Apartheid South Africa : performing signs of injury / Christopher J. Colvin

Published Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019

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Description 1 online resource Series Memory Studies: Global Constellations Ser Memory Studies: Global Constellations Ser Contents A weekend in the Boland -- Traumatic storytelling at the TRC -- From the TRC to the trauma clinic -- Moral economies of traumatic storytelling -- Political economies of traumatic storytelling -- Traumatic storytelling in art, prayer and politics -- The uncertain powers of traumatic storytelling Summary "This book explores the practice of traumatic storytelling that emerged out of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission and came to play a key role in the lives of the members of the Khulumani Support Group for victims of apartheid-era political violence. Group members found traumatic storytelling both frustrating and yet also an important form of memory work that shaped how they saw themselves in the post-Apartheid era. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork, the author examines how traumatic storytelling functioned not only as a kind of psychological healing and national political theatre, but also as a potent form of social relation, economic exchange, political activism, and expressive practice. With emphasis on the personal, social and political significance of the act of traumatic storytelling, this volume asks why members of Khulumani, despite their many disappointments, continued to engage intensively in storying their experiences for themselves and others. Examining what powers storytelling held for both group members and their witnesses, and considering the ways in which storytelling enabled new senses of self and new understandings of what was possible in the years after the end of apartheid, this book considers what we might learn more broadly from the experiences of Khulumani about the possibilities--and limits--of traumatic memory-making as an instrument of personal, social and political repair. As such, it will appeal to scholars of sociology, anthropology and criminology with interest in justice and post-conflict societies"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed Subject South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission. SUBJECT South Africa. Truth and Reconciliation Commission fast Subject Post-apartheid era -- South Africa Collective memory -- South Africa Narrative therapy -- South Africa HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- General. HISTORY -- Africa -- South -- Republic of South Africa. Collective memory Narrative therapy Post-apartheid era South Africa Form Electronic book LC no. 2018045040 ISBN 0429491816 9780429959035 0429959036 9780429959028 0429959028 9780429959011 042995901X 9780429491818

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