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Genocide Lives in Us: Women, Memory, and Silence in Rwanda: Women in Africa and the Diaspora

Autor Jennie E. Burnet
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 18 noi 2012
In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women faced the impossible—resurrecting their lives amidst unthinkable devastation. Haunted by memories of lost loved ones and of their own experiences of violence, women rebuilt their lives from “less than nothing.” Neither passive victims nor innate peacemakers, they traversed dangerous emotional and political terrain to emerge as leaders in Rwanda today. This clear and engaging ethnography of survival tackles three interrelated phenomena—memory, silence, and justice—and probes the contradictory roles women played in postgenocide reconciliation.
    Based on more than a decade of intensive fieldwork, Genocide Lives in Us provides a unique grassroots perspective on a postconflict society. Anthropologist Jennie E. Burnet relates with sensitivity the heart-wrenching survival stories of ordinary Rwandan women and uncovers political and historical themes in their personal narratives. She shows that women’s leading role in Rwanda’s renaissance resulted from several factors: the dire postgenocide situation that forced women into new roles; advocacy by the Rwandan women’s movement; and the inclusion of women in the postgenocide government.

Honorable Mention, Aidoo-Snyder Book Prize, Women’s Caucus of the African Studies Association
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780299286446
ISBN-10: 0299286444
Pagini: 302
Ilustrații: 11 b-w figures, 3 tables
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.41 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: University of Wisconsin Press
Colecția University of Wisconsin Press
Seria Women in Africa and the Diaspora


Recenzii

“A profoundly empathetic and comprehensive narrative that goes to the bottom of Rwandans’ everyday struggles triggered by a contextual and inevitable urge to face their own violent past.”—Aloys Habimana, Rwandan human rights lawyer

“The stories of life in postgenocide Rwanda presented in this book are deeply touching and challenge the dominant discourse that portrays Rwanda as a simple story of successful postconflict rebuilding. This book is essential reading for anyone with interest in Rwanda and in the legacies of violence, gender, society, memory, and transitional justice.”—Timothy Longman, Boston University

“The most important contribution of this fine study is Burnet's conceptual breakthrough exploring the role of 'amplified silence.' Where the power of official discourse prevents many from mourning their losses, such silences speak loudly to those aware of them.”—Catharine Newbury, Smith College

“Burnet presents a thoroughly intersectional analysis of the ways in which peoples’ lives are shaped by gender, ethnicity and class as interlocking systems of oppression.”—Women’s Review of Books

Notă biografică

Jennie E. Burnet is associate professor of global studies and anthropology at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on women’s roles in peace-building and democratization and on the long-term consequences of gender-based violence in conflict.

Cuprins

List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Note on Kinyarwanda Usage and Spelling
Introduction
Part I: Social Classification, State Power, and Violence
1 Social Classifications, State Power, and Violence
Part II: Memory, Silence, and Contestation
2 Remembering Genocide: Lived Memory and National Mourning
3 Amplified Silence: Hegemony, Memory, and Silence's Multiple Meanings
4 Sorting and Suffering: Social Classification in the Aftermath of Genocide
Part III: Reconciliations
5 Defining Coexistence and Reconciliation in the New Rwanda
6 Paths to Reconciliation
7 Reconciliation, Justice, and Amplified Silence
Conclusion: Genocide Lives in All of Us
Glossary
Notes
Works Cited
Index

Descriere

In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women faced the impossible—resurrecting their lives amidst unthinkable devastation. Haunted by memories of lost loved ones and of their own experiences of violence, women rebuilt their lives from “less than nothing.” Neither passive victims nor innate peacemakers, they traversed dangerous emotional and political terrain to emerge as leaders in Rwanda today. This clear and engaging ethnography of survival tackles three interrelated phenomena—memory, silence, and justice—and probes the contradictory roles women played in postgenocide reconciliation.
    Based on more than a decade of intensive fieldwork, Genocide Lives in Us provides a unique grassroots perspective on a postconflict society. Anthropologist Jennie E. Burnet relates with sensitivity the heart-wrenching survival stories of ordinary Rwandan women and uncovers political and historical themes in their personal narratives. She shows that women’s leading role in Rwanda’s renaissance resulted from several factors: the dire postgenocide situation that forced women into new roles; advocacy by the Rwandan women’s movement; and the inclusion of women in the postgenocide government.