Women and war in Rwanda : gender, media and the representation of genocide / Georgina Holmes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holmes, Georgina, author.

Series:

International library of African studies ; v. 39.

International library of African studies ; v. 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Social aspects.

Genocide.

Women in war.

Rwanda--History--Civil War, 1994--Women.

Rwanda.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (350 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : I.B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"The 1994 genocide in Rwanda, which followed the death of President Habyarimana, was one of the worst humanitarian disasters of the twentieth century and shamed both African and global leaderships. As wars in the Congo continue to tear apart the region, this book examines how the politics that led to the 1994 genocide continue to be played out in the international media. Scholars of political science contend that narratives are used strategically by states to influence and shape the behaviour of other actors in the international system. This book explore how, through processes of denial and revisionism, strong states with geopolitical interests in the Great Lakes region of Africa, African states directly involved in conflict, militia groups and rebels, as well as human rights activists and NGOs, all employ media narratives strategically with the aim of influencing political decision-making and public perceptions of genocide and war.Examining how international political discourse on the 1994 genocide in Rwanda is gendered, Georgina Holmes argues that states, militaries and human rights organisations use gendered narratives for political gain, and breaks new ground in analysing the role of gender in the conflict. This book is essential reading on the gendered dynamics of conflict and genocide in Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo and will appeal to anyone with an interest in Gender Studies, Political Communication, Media and Film Studies, African Studies, Genocide Studies and International Relations."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Contents:

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Maps

Introduction

1. Contextualizing media events: war and genocide in Rwanda and the east of Congo

2. Rwandan women and war

3. Militarizing women, preparing for genocide: Hutu extremist magazine Kangura 1990-94

4. Newsnight

5. Remembering genocide, forgetting politics: the BBC's institutional narrative post-1994

6. 'Living on gold should be a blessing should be a blessing, instead it is a curse' ; mass rape in the Congo

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780755619016

0755619013

9781838605797

1838605797

9780857723178

0857723170

OCLC:

865157135

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9780755619016 doi