Managing vulnerability : South Africa's struggle for a democratic rhetoric /

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In Managing Vulnerability, Richard C. Marback analyzes the tension surrounding the transition from apartheid to democracy in South Africa through a rhetorical lens. Marback studies the heart of South Africa's desire for reconciliation and contends that this goal could be achieved only through t...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Marback, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Columbia, SC : University of South Carolina Press, 2012.
Series:Studies in rhetoric/communication.
Subjects:
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso > Political and social views.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013 > Political and social views.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918- > Political and social views.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso
Rhetoric > Political aspects > South Africa.
Expression > Political aspects > South Africa.
Democratization > South Africa.
Reconciliation.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa.
Discours politique > Afrique du Sud.
Démocratisation > Afrique du Sud.
Réconciliation.
Ère post-apartheid > Afrique du Sud.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Composition & Creative Writing.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES > Rhetoric.
REFERENCE > Writing Skills.
Democratization
Political and social views
Post-apartheid era
Reconciliation
Rhetoric > Political aspects
South Africa
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The promise of participation
  • Rhetoric as vulnerability
  • The dangerous rhetoric of Robert Sobukwe
  • On the fragile memories of Robben Island
  • Nelson Mandela's compromised gesture
  • Desmond Tutu's even-handedness
  • Tsotsi, District 9, and the visualization of vulnerable rhetorics
  • The prospects of rhetoric as vulnerability.

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