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Survivors of political violence give testimonies, which tell stories that may change history, polities, and life itself. This book is committed to the proposition that efforts to use testimony to address the consequences of political violence can be strengthened, if they are based on a fuller acknowledgment of the personal and ethical elements.

Table of Contents
I. Testimonies in Four Spaces; Chapter One: Torture Testimonies; Chapter Two: Holocaust Testimonies; Chapter Three: Testimonies from Wartime Bosnia-Herzegovina; Chapter Four: Kosovar Testimonies; II. Testimony as Dialogic Work; Introducing Bakhtin's Dialogic Work; Chapter Five: Diminishing Suffering; Chapter Six: Creating Cultures of Peace and Reconciliation; Chapter Seven: Documenting Histories.

Testimony After Catastrophe Narrating the Traumas

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 8/30/2006 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810123014, 978-0810123014
      ISBN10: 0810123010

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Survivors of political violence give testimonies, which tell stories that may change history, polities, and life itself. This book is committed to the proposition that efforts to use testimony to address the consequences of political violence can be strengthened, if they are based on a fuller acknowledgment of the personal and ethical elements.

      Table of Contents
      I. Testimonies in Four Spaces; Chapter One: Torture Testimonies; Chapter Two: Holocaust Testimonies; Chapter Three: Testimonies from Wartime Bosnia-Herzegovina; Chapter Four: Kosovar Testimonies; II. Testimony as Dialogic Work; Introducing Bakhtin's Dialogic Work; Chapter Five: Diminishing Suffering; Chapter Six: Creating Cultures of Peace and Reconciliation; Chapter Seven: Documenting Histories.

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