Traumatic Storytelling and Memory in Post-Apartheid South Africa

This book explores the practice and function of traumatic story telling as part of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, and the role it played in the lives of Khulumani as victims of apartheid-era political violence.

Preface Acknowledgements 1. A Weekend in the Boland 2. Traumatic Storytelling at the TRC 3. From the TRC to the Trauma Clinic 4. Moral Economies of Traumatic Storytelling 5. Political Economies of Traumatic Storytelling 6. Traumatic Storytelling in Art, Prayer and Politics 7. Virtuous, Virtuoso and Virtual Subjectivities 8. The Uncertain Powers of Traumatic Storytelling Conclusion References Index