Drawing the Line: Toward an Aesthetics of Transitional Justice

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DR AWING THE LINE j u s t i d e a s transformative ideals of justice in ethical and political thought series editors Drucilla Cornell Roger Berkowitz DRAWING THE LINE TOWARD AN AESTHETICS OF TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE Carrol Clarkson fordham university press new york 2014 Copyright © 2014 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party Internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Fordham University Press also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Clarkson, Carrol, 1968– Drawing the line : toward an aesthetics of transitional justice / Carrol Clarkson. page cm. — (Just ideas) Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8232-5415-6 (cloth : alk. paper) — isbn 978-0-8232-5416-3 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Justice in literature. 2. Law and aesthetics. 3. Law and ethics. 4. Transitional justice—South Africa. 5. Authors, South African—Aesthetics. I. Title. pn56.l33c58 2014 809.933554—dc23 2013009209 Printed in the United States of America 16 15 14 5 4 3 2 1 First edition In memory of my father, Robert Cox, who always drew the line, and my mother, Marguerite, who always encouraged me to draw ...