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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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Format:
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).
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ISBN:
1-5292-2759-3
1-5292-2761-5
OCLC:
1521232463

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