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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Format: | Ebook |
Langue: | English |
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press,
2009
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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.