Die politiek van herinnering: spore van trauma
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| Field | Value | |
| Title | Die politiek van herinnering: spore van trauma | |
| Creator | Snyman, J. | |
| Description | The politics of memory: Vestiges of traumaThe politics of memory is fraught with paradoxes; however, it remains an unavoidable and necessary strategy to cope with (historical) trauma. After a brief concept of historical memory has been outlined, an analysis follows of the various strategies of memory that have been employed to deal with the trauma of the British concentration camps during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. The point of the analysis centres in the moral universalisability of the politics of traumatic experience. The initial male strategy of memory (heroization) is found wanting. Emily Hobhouse’s observations and interpretation of suffering are important criticisms of this initial strategy. In the final instance, it is the interpreted voice of the victim herself that makes trauma audible - by approximation. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 1999-04-26 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/lit.v20i3.487 | |
| Source | Literator; Vol 20, No 3 (1999); 9-34 Literator; Vol 20, No 3 (1999); 9-34 2219-8237 0258-2279 | |
| Language | eng | |
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