Perpetrator Trauma, Empathic Unsettlement, and the Uncanny: Conceptualizations of Perpetrators in South Africa’s Truth Commission Special Report

A fixed and reductionist “image” of the perpetrator in filmed media is one with which audiences are all too familiar, whether consciously or not. This article uses perpetrator trauma theory, empathic appeals, unsettlement, and the uncanny to explore the South African television programme Truth Commi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Michelle E Anderson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Winchester University Press 2018-12-01
Series:Journal of Perpetrator Research
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Online Access:https://jpr.winchesteruniversitypress.org/articles/17