Truth and reconciliation
Subtitle: the confessional mode in South African literature
By: Susan VanZanten Gallagher.
Series: Studies in African literature,
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: South African prose literature (English) -- History and criticism.; Confession in literature.; Autobiographical fiction, South African (English) -- History and criticism.; Autobiography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 181-195) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Confession and the Postmodern Age xiii; title: PART I. CONFESSION; title: 1 A Genealogy of Confession 3; title: 2 Self, Society, and Confession 23; title: PART II. APARTHEID; title: 3 Confession and Oppression 37; title: 4 "Disembodied Voices": The Confessions of Exiles 55; title: 5 "The Truth Rooms": The Confessions of Prisoners 81; title: PART III. FREEDOM; title: 6 Confession and Reconciliation 107; title: 7 "My Traitor's Heart": The Confessions of Afrikaners 145; title: 8 Long Walk to Freedom: The Confession of Nelson Mandela 163; title: Conclusion: Hope 179.