South Africa's Struggle to Remember : Contested Memories of Squatter Resistance in the Western Cape

Taylor & Francis Ltd

South Africa's Struggle to RememberContested Memories of Squatter Resistance in the Western Cape\nAuthor(s): Kim Wale\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781138386402, 978-1138386402\nSynopsis\nTransitional justice studies typically focuses on how nations remember, face and deal with histories of past violence. This book, however, shifts the frame from national discourses of transitional justice onto local memory actors who attempt to engage with these broader systems of meaning from below. The case study is based on the memory struggles of individuals and groups who are attempting to gain access to the discourses and benefits associated with dominant memory identities of victim and veteran in the context of post-transition South Africa. They share a common history of squatter resistance in the Western Cape in the 1980s and a common struggle for inclusion in dominant memory frameworks. \n\nThe main theme of this book .