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Memory politics after mass violence : attributing roles in the memoryscape / Timothy Williams.
De Gruyter Bristol University Press/Policy Press Complete eBook-Package 2025 Available online
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Williams, Timothy, 1987- author.
- Series:
- Spaces of peace, security and development.
- Spaces of peace, security and development
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political violence--Cambodia.
- Political violence.
- Political violence--Rwanda.
- Political violence--Indonesia.
- Collective memory--Cambodia.
- Collective memory.
- Collective memory--Rwanda.
- Collective memory--Indonesia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 240 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- Drawing on fieldwork in post-violence Cambodia, Rwanda and Indonesia, this book explores how political actors draw on memories of violent pasts to generate political power and legitimacy in the present.
- Contents:
- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Series Information
- Memory Politics after Mass Violence: Attributing Roles in the Memoryscape
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Abbreviations
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- Approaching power and the politics of memory in post-violence societies
- The politics of memory
- This book’s approach: mnemonic role attributions and ambivalence
- Cambodia, Rwanda, and Indonesia: case selection and methodological approaches
- Outline of the book
- 2 Memoryscapes’ Complex Negotiation of the Past and Present: Mnemonic Role Attributions and Ambivalence
- Memoryscapes
- Perspectives on the politics of memory
- Political discourse and policy
- Transitional justice
- Cultural heritage
- Mnemonic role attributions
- Perpetrators
- Victims and survivors
- Bystanders and rescuers
- Ambivalence
- Conclusion
- 3 Cambodia: From Demonization to Universal Victimhood
- Cambodia’s violent past and post-violence trajectory Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 12 Sep 2025).
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-5292-2759-3
- 1-5292-2761-5
- OCLC:
- 1521232463
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