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The Politics of Narrative Violence in Zimbabwe

ISBN: 3845431857
ISBN 13: 9783845431857
Autor: Stauffer, Carl
Verlag: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Umfang: 456 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 07.12.2011
Auflage: 1/2011
Format: 2.8 x 22 x 15
Gewicht: 697 g
Produktform: Kartoniert
Einband: KT
Artikelnummer: 1504405 Kategorie:

Beschreibung

In a bold, decisive departure from the dominant power-politics analysis, Acting out the Myths employs a narrative social constructionist approach to interrogate the 1980-1987 Matabeleland conflict in Zimbabwe. It offers a provocative look at the violence meta-narrative manufactured by the ZANU-PF government and imposed on the nation's citizenry. This all-encompassing meta-narrative is contrasted to the subjugated counter-narratives formulated as alternative stories of resistance by recipient communities. The generative nature of the intersection between these scripted forms of violence is skillfully deconstructed by surfacing five salient narrative themes: Ethnicity, Nationalism, Loyalty, Legitimacy, and Unity. The author artfully decodes the power and function of violent narrative discourse in the formulation of ethnic identities, nation-state ordering, historical exclusion, political discipline, and social uniformity. The text's premise is that durable peace in Zimbabwe will only be realized to the extent that the silenced voices of the Matabeleland massacres are afforded public and sustained recognition in the collective memory of the nation.

Autorenporträt

Dr. Stauffer teaches Justice and Development studies at Eastern Mennonite University. His work in restorative justice, transitional justice, peacebuilding and post-war reconstruction has taken him to over 30 countries in Africa, the Middle East, Eastern Europe and Asia. He earned his PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa.

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