The Marginalised in Genocide Narratives

Author:   Giorgia Donà
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9781138839908


Pages:   172
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Format:   Hardback
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This year marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Rwanda genocide. This volume, the product of over 20years of engagement with Rwanda and its diaspora, offers a timely reminder of the necessity of rethinking the genocide’s social history. Examining a range of marginal stories and using Rwanda as a case study, The Marginalised in Genocide Narratives’ analysis of the transformation of genocide into a powerful narrative of a nation establishes an innovative means of understanding the lived spaces of violence and its enduring legacy. In a distinctive approach to the social history of genocide, this book engages with the marginalised; foregrounds genocide’s untold stories; and uses the conceptual framework of the constellation of genocide narratives to create connections among multiple social actors and identify narrative themes that address the unequal power and interdependence of narratives. Adopting a multi-level narrative methodology that addresses the value of multiple narrative framings for understanding genocides, The Marginalised in Genocide Narratives will appeal to students and researchers interested in sociology, conflict and peace studies, history, African studies and narrative research. It may also appeal to policy-makers interested in genocide studies and contemporary social history.

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Author:   Giorgia Donà
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.408kg
ISBN:  

9781138839908


ISBN 10:   1138839906
Pages:   172
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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LIST OF FIGURES ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS Chapter 1 Introduction: narrating genocide and the genocide narrative Introduction Narrating genocides: victims, perpetrators and the marginalised others The formation of the genocide master–narrative The constellation of genocide narratives The Rwandan genocide and Rwanda Studies Situating narratives methodologically Conclusion Chapter 2 The formation of the foundational genocide master-narrative Introduction The formation of the master-narrative of the Genocide against the Tutsi The genocide as the foundational master-narrative The counter master-narrative of war The marginalised voices Conclusion Chapter 3 Reframing culpability, shame and guilt: non-perpetrator members of the perpetrator group Introduction Naming culpability, shame and guilt: non-perpetrator members of the perpetrator group Revisiting moral culpability through ordinary morality The narrative of national unity and reconciliation: everyday relations and values Conclusion Chapter 4 Revisiting the figure of the heroic rescuer: communal rescue, care and resistance Introduction Naming the public figure of the rescuer: individual, exceptional, heroic From exceptional heroes to communities of care The communal rescue narrative: care and resistance The ambivalent legacy of rescuing Revisiting the figure of the heroic saviour Conclusion Chapter 5 Families of mixed ethnic backgrounds: the intimate burden of those caught in-between the politics of ethnic identity Introduction The erasure of the 'mixed' constituent in public narratives Rethinking the proxy categories of rescapé, génocidaire and orphelin du génocide Caught in-between: narrating the intimate burden of 'mixed' belonging The narrative legacy of the genocide Articulating and reclaiming the 'mixed' Conclusion Chapter 6 Marginalisation and survival of the other minority group Introduction Naming the outside onlooker: the Twa Questioning the onlooker narrative: the insider and the struggle for survival Post-genocide narratives: from autochthones to historically marginalised Decentering the genocide narrative: national progress, vulnerability and material survival Conclusion Chapter 7 Civilian returnees: intra-ethnic differences and continuities with the past and exile Introduction The Hamitic narrative: histories of mobility and belonging The hegemony of the RPF-led national narrative and the diverse stories of the civilian returnees Revisiting the narrative of the 'new' Rwanda: continuities with the past and exile Conclusion Chapter 8 The revised constellation of genocide narratives and the untold social history of genocides Introduction The marginalised voices in the revised constellation of genocide narratives Narrative engagement: agency and dialogical strategies Rewriting the social history of the genocide that took place in Rwanda Expanding and applying the constellation of genocide narratives Conclusion Glossary References

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Giorgia Donà is Co-director of the Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London, UK.

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