Asaba Massacre - Trauma, Memory, and the Nigerian Civil War

Informationen zum Autor S. Elizabeth Bird is Professor of Anthropology at the University of South Florida. She has published over eighty articles and chapters on popular culture, media, heritage, and memory, as well as five books, one of which won an Outstanding Book Award from the Gustavus Myers Center for the Study of Bigotry and Human Rights, while another was awarded the International Communication Association's Outstanding Book Award. Fraser M. Ottanelli is Professor of History at the University of South Florida. He has authored and co-authored four books and several articles and essays on radical movements, ethnic history and comparative migration in the twentieth century. He currently serves as Chair of the Board of Governors of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA), an educational non-profit dedicated to promoting social activism and the defense of human rights. Klappentext An interdisciplinary study of the Asaba massacre, re-examining Nigerian history and enriching the understanding of post-conflict trauma and memory construction.By studying the 1967 Asaba Massacre, this book sheds new light on the Nigerian civil war and how survivors have come to terms with the after-life of trauma and neglect. It is for students of African Studies, history, anthropology and sociology, with a focus on genocide, human rights and memory. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of illustrations; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Prologue; 1. The road to war and massacre; 2. What happened at Asaba; 3. Causes and consequences; 4. Surviving the occupation; 5. Reclaiming memory in an age of new media; 6. Trauma, identity, memorialization, and justice; Sources consulted.

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• Authors: S. Elizabeth Bird, S. Elizabeth (University of South Florida) Bird, S. Elizabeth (University of South Florida) O Bird, S. Elizabeth Ottanelli Bird, Bird S. Elizabeth, Fraser M. Ottanelli, Fraser M. (University of South Florida) Ottanelli, Ottanelli Fraser M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2017
• EAN: 9781316506165
• ISBN: 978-1-316-50616-5
• No. of pages: 258
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Nigeria, HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Africa / West, c 1960 to c 1970, African History, c 1960 to c 1969, Modern warfare