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Record Nr.

UNINA9910433243403321

Autore

Brown Sara E (Sara Elise)

Titolo

Gender and the genocide in Rwanda : women as rescuers and perpetrators / / Sara E. Brown

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2017

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-351-69977-6

1-315-17307-7

1-351-69976-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (176 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in Gender and Security

Classificazione

POL035010POL061000SOC032000

Disciplina

967.57104/31

Soggetti

Genocide - Rwanda

Women and war - Rwanda

Rwanda History Civil War, 1994

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: a study in contrasts -- Finding the right flashlight -- History of Rwanda -- Mobilization & militarization -- Rescuers -- Perpetrators -- Post-genocide trajectories -- Sharing salt -- Epilogue.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the mobilization, role, and trajectory of women rescuers and perpetrators during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. While much has been written about the victimization of women during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, very little has been said about women who rescued targeted victims or perpetrated crimes against humanity. This book explores and analyzes the role played by women who exercised agency as rescuers and as perpetrators during the genocide in Rwanda. As women, they took actions and decisions within the context of a deeply entrenched patriarchal system that limited their choices. This work examines two diverging paths of women's agency during this period: to rescue from genocide or to perpetrate genocide. It seeks to answer three questions: First, how were certain Rwandan women mobilized to participate in genocide, and by whom? Second, what were the specific actions of women during this period of violence and



upheaval? Finally, what were the trajectories of women rescuers and perpetrators after the genocide? Comparing and contrasting how women rescuers and perpetrators were mobilized, the actions they undertook, and their post-genocide trajectories, and concluding with a broader discussion of the long-term impact of ignoring these women, this book develops a more nuanced and holistic view of women's agency and the genocide in Rwanda.This book will be of much interest to students of gender studies, genocide studies, African politics and critical security studies."--Provided by publisher.