Killing neighbors : webs of violence in Rwanda

In the horrific events of the mid-1990s in Rwanda, tens of thousands of Hutu killed their Tutsi friends, neighbors, even family members. That ghastly violence has overshadowed a fact almost as noteworthy: that hundreds of thousands of Hutu killed no one. In a transformative revisiting of the motives...

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Auteur principal: Fujii, Lee Ann 1962-2018 (Auteur)
Format: Ebook
Langue:English
Publié: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009
Édition:1. publ.
Sujets:Political violence Ethnic conflict Violence Genocide
Description matérielle:Online-Ressource (ix, 212 p)
Table des matières:
  • Conducting fieldwork in the aftermath of war and genocideViolence and identity in historical perspective
  • Local narratives and explanations
  • The enigma of ethnicity
  • The power of local ties
  • The logic of groups.