Description
Transitional justice and national inquiries may be the most established means for coming to terms with traumatic legacies, but it is in the more subtle social and cultural processes of "memory work" that the pitfalls and promises of reconciliation are laid bare. This book analyzes, within the realms of literature and film, recent Australian and Canadian attempts to reconcile with Indigenous populations in the wake of forced child removal. As Hanna Teichler demonstrates, their systematic emphasis on the subjectivity of the victim is problematic, reproducing simplistic narratives and identities defined by victimization. Such fictions of reconciliation venture beyond simplistic narratives and identities defined by victimization, offering new opportunities for confronting painful histories.
Author: Hanna Teichler
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 10/15/2021
Pages: 274
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9781800731721
ISBN10: 1800731728
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Indigenous Studies
- Literary Criticism | Subjects & Themes | Historical Events
- Performing Arts | Film | History & Criticism