Oral Histories of Genocide in Bosnia, Indonesia, and Rwanda : Symbolic Violence and Social Death.

Grounded in extensive oral historical, archival, and ethnographic research in the aftermaths of the Bosnian (1992-95), Indonesian (1965-66), and Rwandan (1994) genocides, this book investigates the symbolic meanings associated with spectacular forms of torture, murder, and mutilation that perpetrato...

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Gespeichert in:
1. Verfasser:
Jessee, Erin
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
New York : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2026.
2026.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
Grounded in extensive oral historical, archival, and ethnographic research in the aftermaths of the Bosnian (1992-95), Indonesian (1965-66), and Rwandan (1994) genocides, this book investigates the symbolic meanings associated with spectacular forms of torture, murder, and mutilation that perpetrators devise amid genocides to punish their intended victims.
Umfang:
1 online resource (422 pages)
ISBN:
0-19-778208-6
9780197782095
Schlagworte:
Nonfiction.
History.
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