Gender and the Genocide in Rwanda: Women as Rescuers and Perpetrators

by Sara E. Brown

Overview

first book to address the issue of women’s agency during the genocide in Rwanda

compares and contrasts how women rescuers and perpetrators were mobilized, the actions they undertook, and their post-genocide trajectories

research includes 77 semi-structured interviews with community and government stakeholders, survivors, women rescuers and perpetrators

will be of much interest to students of gender studies, genocide studies, African politics, conflict studies and IR in general

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781351699761
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/09/2017
Series:	Routledge Studies in Gender and Security
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	186
Sales rank:	859,440
File size:	651 KB

About the Author

Sara E. Brown is a Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education, and has a PhD in Comparative Genocide Studies from Clark University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Study in Contrasts

1. Finding the Right Flashlight

2. History of Rwanda

3. Mobilization and Militarization

4. Rescuers

5. Perpetrators

6. Post-Genocide Trajectories

7. Sharing Salt

Epilogue

Editorial Reviews

'..this study contributes to the knowledge of issues related to gender, perpetrators, and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; professionals.'—P. G. Conway, SUNY College at Oneonta, CHOICE

'This book will interest scholars across a vast range of disciplines, including international law, genocide studies, history and feminist studies. It will also be of interest to anyone who wishes to hear from the women and men of Rwanda whose voices are so often silenced or filtered before they reach outside audiences. Through her engagement with the moving and confronting oral histories of those who were affected by the violence in Rwanda, Brown achieves her objectives of “finding the right flashlight” and complicating the narrative of women’s roles in the genocide. The result is a persuasive and engaging read.'—Katherine Fallah, University of Technology Sydney, State Crime Journal

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