Untangling the Lion's Tale: Violent Masculinity and the Ethics of Biography in the 'Curious' Case of the Apartheid-Era Policeman Donald Card

Donald Card (1928-) is a former policeman in South Africa who became the subject of international media attention on 21 September 2004. In a highly publicised and symbolic ceremony of reconciliation inaugurating the Nelson Mandela Centre of Memory Project, he handed back to Mandela two notebooks con...

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Published in:	Journal of southern African studies Vol. 39; no. 1; pp. 7 - 30
Main Authors:	Bank, Leslie J., Bank, Andrew
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford Taylor & Francis Group 01.03.2013 Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:	20th century Abused children Adolescents Allegations Apartheid Biographies Card, Donald Ceremonies Children Colleges Credit Documentary evidence Ethics Excavating and Contesting the Past: Policing, Violence and Human Rights in Apartheid South Africa Family Violence Hegemony Human rights Human rights violations Identity Life History Masculinity Mass media Media violence Police Professional training Reconciliation Reputations Rites & ceremonies Scholarship Settlers South Africa Torture Training Transkei Tribunals & commissions Truth Truth and reconciliation commissions Violence Young adults South Africa South Africa, Eastern Cape South Africa, Gauteng, Pretoria South Africa, Eastern Cape, Transkei South Africa, Eastern Cape, East London South Africa, Western Cape, Robben I
ISSN:	0305-7070, 1465-3893
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