Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory

The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century

David E. Lorey, William H. Beezley (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

258 Seiten

2001
Scholarly Resources Inc.,U.S. (Verlag)
978-0-8420-2982-7 (ISBN)

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The twentieth century has been scarred by political violence and genocide, reaching its extreme in the Holocaust. Yet, at the same time, the century has been marked by a growing commitment to human rights. This volume highlights the importance of history-of socially processed memory-in resolving the wounds left by massive state-sponsored political violence and in preventing future episodes of violence. In Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century, the editors present and discuss the many different social responses to the challenge of coming to terms with past reigns of terror and collective violence. Designed for undergraduate courses in political violence and revolution, this volume treats a wide variety of incidents of collective violence-from decades-long genocide to short-lived massacres. The selection of essays provides a broad range of thought-provoking case studies from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. This provocative collection of readings from around the world will spur debate and discussion of this timely and important topic in the classroom and beyond.

David E. Lorey is program officer for the U.S.-Latin American Relations Program at the Hewlett Foundation. William H. Beezley is one of the pioneers of the cultural history of Mexico and has authored and co-authored several books.

Part 1 I Latin America
Chapter 2 Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to Democracy
Chapter 3 Layers of Memories: Twenty Years after in Argentina
Chapter 4 The Unmaking of Rigoberta Menchu
Part 5 II Africa
Chapter 6 Ethnicity and the Politics of History in Rwanda
Chapter 7 The Burdens of Truth: An Evalution of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
Part 8 III Asia
Chapter 9 The Cambodian Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: National Narrative
Chapter 10 Buajingan! Indonesian Art, Literature, and State Violence around the Downfall of President Soeharto
Chapter 11 Mnemosyne Abroad: Reflections on the Chinese and Jewish Commitment to Remembrance
Chapter 12 Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater in Modern China
Part 13 IV Germany and Japan: Legacies of World War
Chapter 14 War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany
Chapter 15 Photography, National Identity, and the 'Cataract of Times' : Wartime Images and the Case of Japan

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.1.2002
Reihe/Serie	The World Beat Series
Verlagsort	Denver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	157 x 227 mm
Gewicht	481 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Biopsychologie / Neurowissenschaften
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-8420-2982-6 / 0842029826
ISBN-13	978-0-8420-2982-7 / 9780842029827
Zustand	Neuware