Palgrave Studies in Oral History: The Politics of History

Jessee, Erin

This book is an oral history-based study of the politics of history in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Using life history and thematic interviews, the author brings the narratives of officials, survivors, returnees, perpetrators, and others whose lives have been intimately affected by genocide into conversation with scholarly studies of the Rwandan genocide, and Rwandan history more generally. In doing so, she explores the following questions: How do Rwandans use history to make sense of their experiences of genocide and related mass atrocities? And to what end? In the aftermath of such violence, how do people’s interpretations of the varied forms of suffering they endured then influence their ability to envision and support a peaceful future for their nation that includes multi-ethnic cooperation?

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2018-08-18

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783319832357

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-45195-4

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 302