Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda | The Politics of History

Erin Jessee

ISBN 10: 3319832352 / ISBN 13: 9783319832357

Published by Springer, 2018

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Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda | The Politics of History | Erin Jessee | Taschenbuch | Palgrave Studies in Oral History | xxvii | Englisch | 2018 | Springer | EAN 9783319832357 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg, juergen[dot]hartmann[at]springer[dot]com | Anbieter: preigu.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda | The Politics of History
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319832352
• ISBN 13: 9783319832357
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 210W x 148H x 19D millimeters 210 millimeters width by 148 millimeters height by 19 millimeters depth
• Weight: 431 grams
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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?

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.