Genocide Lives in Us - Women, Memory, and Silence in Rwanda

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Based on more than a decade of fieldwork, this provides a unique grassroots perspective on a post-conflict society. Jennie E. Burnet relates 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 post-genocide situation that forced women into new roles; advocacy by the Rwandan women's movement; and the inclusion of women in the post-genocide government.

Product details

• Authors: Jennie Burnet, Jennie E Burnet, Jennie E. Burnet
• Publisher: The University of Wisconsin Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.10.2012
• EAN: 9780299286446
• ISBN: 978-0-299-28644-6
• No. of pages: 304
• Series: Women in Africa and the Diaspo; Women in Africa and the Diaspo
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science