Bearing Witness: Women and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa
People who witness acts of terror and violence are often called after the event to bear witness to what they saw. In cases where this violence is inflicted by the state upon its own people, the process of bearing witness is both politically complex and traumatic for the individual involved. Independent trials and commissions have become important mechanisms through which the truth of past violence is sought in democratising states, but to date there has been little close attention to the...
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' ... a powerful work...the author's empathy with the plight of black South African women helps to illuminate the pain ... of ordinary lives ...' --International Affairs
List of TablesAcknowledgementsIntroduction11Making the Subject82Testimonial Practices273The Self in Extremity514Narrative Threads775Considerations of Harm1036In Pursuit of the Ordinary1337Epilogue162App. ASouth African Security Laws166App. B: Detention Data168Glossary173Notes175References190Index200
