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In this innovative and dazzling book, Kelly Jean Butler analyzes the power of personal testimony in contemporary culture. Through listening to the oral histories of marginalized groups, we become witnesses to the past suffering of others. Drawing on Australian case studies--from the national apology to Indigenous people, community movements for cross-racial reconciliation, or televised interviews with ordinary people--Butler astutely interrogates the politics of memory and history in daily life, and the potential through witnessing for a new ethics of citizenship. --Kate Darian-Smith, professor of Australian studies, history, and cultural heritage, University of Melbourne

<p> In this innovative and dazzling book, Kelly Jean Butler analyzes the power of personal testimony in contemporary culture. Through listening to the oral histories of marginalized groups, we become witnesses to the past suffering of others. Drawing on Australian case studies--from the national apology to Indigenous people, community movements for cross-racial reconciliation, or televised interviews with ordinary people--Butler astutely interrogates the politics of memory and history in daily life, and the potential through witnessing for a new ethics of citizenship. <p> --Kate Darian-Smith, professor of Australian studies, history, and cultural heritage, University of Melbourne

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Kelly Jean Butler is an honorary fellow at The Australian Centre, University of Melbourne, Australia. She is a cultural historian in the area of memory studies, whose work has appeared in various publications.

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