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Genocide, collective violence, and popular memory : the politics of remembrance in the twentieth century / David E. Lorey, William H. Beezley editors.
Van Pelt Library HV6322.7 .G454 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- World beat series ; no. 1.
- World beat series ; no. 1
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Genocide--Psychological apsects.
- Genocide.
- Genocide--History--20th century.
- Memory--Social aspects.
- Memory.
- World politics--20th century.
- World politics.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 2002.
- Summary:
- - President Clinton's 1999 trip to Guatemala, where he apologized for U.S. support of and denial of repression and massacres- The new court cases focusing on kidnapping and adoption of the children of detainees during the Argentine Dirty War- The 1998-99 arrest and detention of General Augusto Pinochet on charges of torture and genocide in England- The 1998 film Life is Beautiful, a much-discussed comic treatment of German WWII concentration camps.
- Contents:
- Latin America
- 1 Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to Democracy / Alexander Wilde 1
- 2 Layers of Memories: Twenty Years After in Argentina / Elizabeth Jelin, Susana G. Kaufman 31
- 3 The Unmaking of Rigoberta Menchu / Hal Cohen 53
- Africa
- 4 Ethnicity and the Politics of History in Rwanda / Catharine Newbury 67
- 5 The Burdens of Truth: An Evaluation of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives Undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission / Brandon Hamber 85
- Asia
- 6 The Cambodian Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: National Narrative / Judy Ledgerwood 103
- 7 Buajingan! Indonesian Art, Literature, and State Violence around the Downfall of President Soeharto / Rob Goodfellow, M. Dwi Marianto 123
- 8 Mnemosyne Abroad: Reflections on the Chinese and Jewish Commitment to Remembrance / Vera Schwarcz 139
- 9 Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater in Modern China / Joseph W. Esherick, Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom 167
- Germany and Japan: Legacies of World War
- 10 War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany / Robert G. Moeller 191
- 11 Photography, National Identity, and the "Cataract of Times": Wartime Images and the Case of Japan / Julia A. Thomas 229.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0842029818
- 0842029826
- OCLC:
- 47844707
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