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Autore |
Fegley Randall <1955-> |
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Titolo |
A history of Rwandan identity and trauma : the mythmakers' victims / / Randall Fegley |
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Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2016] |
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©2016 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Ethnic conflict - Rwanda - History |
Psychic trauma - Rwanda |
Rwanda History |
Rwanda Ethnic relations |
Rwanda Politics and government |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction: Myth, trauma, and Rwanda -- Pre-colonial inequalities and colonial assumptions -- Hutu power and genocide -- Justice and unity? -- Creating a competing mythology -- Comparisons and conclusions. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book examines the complicated events, conditions, and narratives that have shaped Rwanda's identity. Drawing on numerous sources and fieldwork, it discusses this east central African nation's deeply seated cleavages, atrocious recent past, and the internal and external myths that have directed its history and national life. |
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