Truth and reconciliation : the confessional mode in South African literature
by
 
Gallagher, Susan V.

Title
: 
Truth and reconciliation : the confessional mode in South African literature

Author
: 
Gallagher, Susan V.

ISBN
: 
9780325070643

Personal Author
: 
Gallagher, Susan V.

Publication Information
: 
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2002.

Physical Description
: 
xxi, 206 p. ; 25 cm.

Series
: 
Studies in African literature,

Series Title
: 
Studies in African literature, 1351-5713

Contents
: 
Introduction: Confession and the Postmodern Age -- Pt. I. Confession -- 1. A Genealogy of Confession -- 2. Self, Society, and Confession -- Pt. II. Apartheid -- 3. Confession and Oppression -- 4. "Disembodied Voices": The Confessions of Exiles -- 5. "The Truth Rooms": The Confessions of Prisoners -- Pt. III. Freedom -- 6. Confession and Reconciliation -- 7. "My Traitor's Heart": The Confessions of Afrikaners -- 8. Long Walk to Freedom: The Confession of Nelson Mandela -- Conclusion: Hope.

Subject Term
: 
South African prose literature (English) -- History and criticism.
 
Confession in literature.
 
Autobiographical fiction, South African (English) -- History and criticism.
 
Autobiography.


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