RT Article
T1 Misfortune or injustice?: The political work of postconflict narrative in contemporary Algeria
JF International journal of transitional justice
VO 12
IS 2
SP 237
OP 256
A1 Mecellem, Jessica G.
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1843835517
AB The Algerian regime has used a variety of stories to explain and refer to the conflict that occurred in the 1990s. This article explores these major narratives which were employed in regime discourse between 1996 and 2015. The article highlights the strategic use of language shifts between narratives identifying the violence as either ‘misfortune’ or as ‘injustice.’ The research presented here draws on analysis of a variety of primary source documents (government statements, official speeches at the domestic and international levels), in connection with fieldwork carried out by the author. The article highlights the dynamics associated with the two narratives, asking specifically what political work is being accomplished through the strategic use of regime narrative.
K1 Postconflict
K1 historical memory
K1 Political Violence
K1 Middle East North Africa region
K1 Algeria
DO 10.1093/ijtj/ijy009