1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463972703321

Autore

Reyntjens Filip

Titolo

Political governance in post-genocide Rwanda / / Filip Reyntjens, University of Antwerp [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013

ISBN

1-139-89492-7

1-107-46194-4

1-107-45976-1

1-107-47359-4

1-107-47260-1

1-107-46899-X

1-107-46543-5

1-107-33864-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 298 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

320.967571

Soggetti

Ethnicity - Political aspects - Rwanda

Human rights - Rwanda

Rwanda Politics and government 1994-

Rwanda Ethnic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The capture of power and the path to hegemony -- Elections as a means of regime consolidation -- Managing political space -- Human rights, a dismal record -- Dealing with the world and the region -- Engineering a new society -- Managing information, imposing the truth -- The politics of justice.

Sommario/riassunto

Filip Reyntjens's book analyzes political governance in post-genocide Rwanda and focuses on the rise of the authoritarian Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF). In the aftermath of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, the RPF has employed various means - rigged elections, elimination of opposition parties and civil society, legislation outlawing dissenting opinions, and terrorism - to consolidate power and perpetuate its position as the nation's ruling party. Although many international



observers have hailed Rwanda as a 'success story' for its technocratic governance, societal reforms, and economic development, Reyntjens complicates this picture by casting light on the regime's human rights abuses, social engineering projects, information management schemes, and retributive justice system.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780385703321

Autore

Davies Carole Boyce

Titolo

Black women, writing, and identity : migrations of the subject / / Carole Boyce Davies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1994

ISBN

1-134-85522-2

1-134-85523-0

1-280-10553-4

0-203-20140-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (193 p.)

Disciplina

810.9/9287/08996073

Soggetti

American literature - African American authors - History and criticism

English literature - Foreign countries - History and criticism

American literature - Women authors - History and criticism

English literature - Black authors - History and criticism

English literature - Women authors - History and criticism

Identity (Psychology) in literature

African Americans in literature

Authorship - Sex differences

Black people in literature

Women and literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOKCOVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; 1  INTRODUCTION: MIGRATORY SUBJECTIVITIES; 2  NEGOTIATING THEORIES OR "GOING A PIECE OF THE WAY WITH THEM"; 3  DECONSTRUCTING AFRICAN FEMALE



SUBJECTIVITIES; 4  FROM "POST-COLONIALITY" TO UPRISING TEXTUALITIES; 5  WRITING HOME; 6  MOBILITY, EMBODIMENT AND RESISTANCE; 7  OTHER TONGUES; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Black Women Writing and Identity is an exciting work by one of the most imaginative and acute writers around. The book explores a complex and fascinating set of interrelated issues, establishing the significance of such wide-ranging subjects as: * re-mapping, re-naming and cultural crossings * tourist ideologies and playful world travelling * gender, heritage and identity * African women's writing and resistance to domination * marginality, effacement and decentering * gender, language and the politics of location Carole Boyce-Davies is at the forefront of