Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda: The Politics of History (Palgrave Studies in Oral History) - Softcover

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Jessee, Erin

 
9783319832357: Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda: The Politics of History (Palgrave Studies in Oral History)
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ISBN 10: 3319832352 ISBN 13: 9783319832357
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018

Synopsis

This book is an oral history-based study of the politics of history in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Using life history and thematic interviews, the author brings the narratives of officials, survivors, returnees, perpetrators, and others whose lives have been intimately affected by genocide into conversation with scholarly studies of the Rwandan genocide, and Rwandan history more generally. In doing so, she explores the following questions: How do Rwandans use history to make sense of their experiences of genocide and related mass atrocities? And to what end? In the aftermath of such violence, how do people’s interpretations of the varied forms of suffering they endured then influence their ability to envision and support a peaceful future for their nation that includes multi-ethnic cooperation?

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About the Author

Erin Jessee is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Oral History Centre, UK.

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This book is an oral history-based study of the politics of history in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Using life history and thematic interviews, the author brings the narratives of officials, survivors, returnees, perpetrators, and others whose lives have been intimately affected by genocide into conversation with scholarly studies of the Rwandan genocide, and Rwandan history more generally. In doing so, she explores the following questions: How do Rwandans use history to make sense of their experiences of genocide and related mass atrocities? And to what end? In the aftermath of such violence, how do people’s interpretations of the varied forms of suffering they endured then influence their ability to envision and support a peaceful future for their nation that includes multi-ethnic cooperation?

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2018
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3319832352
ISBN 13 
9783319832357
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
329

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