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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Marback, Richard
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Columbia : University of South Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:Studies in rhetoric/communication.
Subjects:
Rhetoric > Political aspects > South Africa.
Expression > Political aspects > South Africa.
Democratization > South Africa.
Reconciliation.
Post-apartheid era > South Africa.
Sobukwe, Robert Mangaliso > Political and social views.
Mandela, Nelson, > 1918-2013 > Political and social views.
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.