A Cultural History of Genocide in the Modern World

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deborah Mayersen, editor.

Series:

The Cultural Histories Series

The Cultural Histories Series v6.

Language:

Undetermined

Subjects (All):

Ethnic cleansing.

Genocide.

History--20th century.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 235 pages)

Place of Publication:

London: Bloomsbury Publishing. 2021

System Details:

text file HTML/PDF

Summary:

The cry of "never again" reverberated around the world in the aftermath of the Holocaust. Yet despite the unprecedented horrors of the Shoah, and the subsequent creation of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide, the frequency of genocide intensifed in the post-Holocaust period. Since 1945 there have been genocides or mass killings in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), East Timor, Indonesia, Guatemala, Cambodia, Rwanda, Bosnia, Darfur, Iraq, and elsewhere. This volume examines the cultural history of genocide in the modern world. It focuses on the period from the end of the Second World War to the present day. The volume examines not only the many genocides that have occurred during this period, but the beliefs and actions that led to them, the local and international responses, and the changing way in which genocide has been understood. It chronicles key developments, including the creation of international legal and political mechanisms to address genocide. It also considers creative and artistic responses to genocide, and how genocide is remembered and memorialized in the modern world. Finally, it examines the issue of genocide prevention, and the prospects for a more positive future.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Causes (Stephen Mcloughlin)

2. Motivations and Justifications (Maureen S. Hiebert)

3. Perpetrators (Kjell Anderson)

4. Victims (Deborah Mayersen)

5. Responses (Carrie Booth Walling)

6. Consequences (Wendy Lambourne)

7. Representations (Jane M. Gangi)

8. Memory (Bridget Conley)

Bibliography

Contributors

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

ISBN:

9781350034969

OCLC:

1353242772

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9781350034969

Access Restriction:

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