My heart is on my tongue: The untranslated self in a translated world

Journal of Analytical Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 225-239

  Krog, Antjie ^a,b  

^a University of the Western Cape ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Freedom of being; Indigenous worldview; Interpretation; Language; Narrative; Truth and Reconciliation Commission; Xhosa testimony

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURAL VALUE; DEATH; EMOTION; HEALING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LANGUAGE; NARRATIVE; RACE; SOUTH AFRICA; WITNESS;

CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALING; PSYCHOANALYTIC INTERPRETATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSLATIONS;

EID: 41049099174     PISSN: 00218774     EISSN: 14685922     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5922.2008.00718.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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