Truth, silence and violence in emerging states : histories of the unspoken / edited by Aidan Russell.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Russell, Aidan, 1985- editor.

Taylor & Francis eBooks.

Series:

Routledge studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political violence--Developing countries--History--20th century.

Political violence.

State-sponsored terrorism--Developing countries--History--20th century.

State-sponsored terrorism.

Collective memory--Social aspects--Developing countries.

Collective memory.

Social aspects.

History.

Developing countries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 222 pages.)

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Introduction : regimes of silence / Aidan Russell

Testimony : silence as the cornerstone of impunity in Guatemala / Raúl Molina Mejía

Constructing silence, terror and dread : Operation Condor and state terror in Latin America / J. Patrice McSherry

Euphemism, censorship and the vocabularies of silence in Burundi / Aidan Russell

"What made the elephant rise up from the shade?" : relationships in transition and negotiating silence in Mozambique / Victor Igreja

"A deafening silence" and "a piece of speech" : regimes of silence in an African counter-insurgency / Luise White

Petitioning Sadaam : voices from the Iraqi archives / Alissa Walter

The world sas silent? : global communities of resistance to the 1965 repression in the Cold War era / Katharine McGregor

A selective silence : Leonid Brezhnev's compromise over the memory of Stalin's crimes / Barbara Martin

Censorship, indifference and oblivion : the Armenian genocide and its denial / Vicken Cheterian.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781351141123

1351141120

Publisher Number:

99980172301

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