Country of my skull : guilt, sorrow, and the limits of forgiveness in the new South Africa /
"Ever since Nelson Mandela dramatically walked out of prison in 1990 after twenty-seven years behind bars, South Africa has been undergoing a radical transformation. In one of the most miraculous events of the century, the oppressive system of apartheid was dismantled. But how could this countr...
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New York :
Times Books,
c1999.
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| Edición: | 1st U.S. ed. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction / Charlayne Hunter-Gault
- Before the Commission: 1. They Never Wept, the Men of My Race
- 2. None More Parted than Us
- First Hearings: 3. Stretched Thinner and Thinner Over Pitches of Grief
- 4. The Narrative of Betrayal Has to Be Reinvented Every Time
- 5. The Sound of the Second Narrative
- 6. The Wet Bag and Other Phantoms
- 7. Two Women: Let Us Hear It in Another Language
- 8. Guilt Is on the Move with All Her Mantles
- Politics: 9. The Political Page Curls over Itself
- 10. Reconciliation: The Lesser of Two Evils
- 11. Amnesty: In Transit with the Ghosts
- 12. The Political Tongue at Anchor
- Reactions: 13. Blood Rains in Every Latitude
- 14. Letters on the Acoustics of Scars
- 15. It Gets to All of Us : from Tutu to Mamasela
- 16. Truth Is a Woman
- 17. Then Burst the Mighty Heart
- Unwinding: 18. The Shepherd and the Landscape of My Bones
- 19. A Tragedy of Errors
- 20. Mother Faces the Nation
- 21 Beloved Country of Grief and Grace.