LEADER 03322nam 22005412 450 001 9910798749303321 005 20170821062127.0 010 $a1-78694-525-8 010 $a1-78138-482-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000871389 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4779108 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781384824 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001992603 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4779108 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11326034 035 $a(OCoLC)959830973 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000871389 100 $a20170307d2015|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aRwanda genocide stories $efiction after 1994 /$fNicki Hitchcott$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aLiverpool :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 229 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v38 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017). 311 $a1-78138-194-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $aDuring what has become officially known as the genocide against the Tutsi, as many as one million Rwandan people were brutally massacred between April and July 1994. This book presents a critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide. Focusing on a large and original corpus of creative writing by African authors, including writers from Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide Stories: Fiction After 1994 examines the positionality of authors and their texts in relation to the genocide. How do issues of 'ethnicity', nationality, geographical location and family history affect the ways in which creative writers respond to what happened in 1994? And how do such factors lead to authors and their texts being positioned by others? The book is organized around the principal subject positions created by the genocide, categories that have particular connotations and have become fraught with political tension and ambiguity in the context of post-genocide Rwanda. Through analysis of the figures of tourists, witnesses, survivors, victims and perpetrators, the book identifies the ways in which readers of genocide stories are compelled to reevaluate their knowledge of Rwanda and take an active role in commemorative processes: as self-critical tourists, ethical witnesses, judges or culpable bystanders, we are encouraged to acknowledge and assume our own responsibility for what happened in 1994. 410 0$aContemporary French and francophone cultures ;$v38. 606 $aGenocide$zRwanda$xFiction$xHistory and criticism 606 $aGenocide in literature 606 $aRwandan literature (French)$xHistory and criticism 606 $aAfrican fiction$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aGenocide$xFiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aGenocide in literature. 615 0$aRwandan literature (French)$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aAfrican fiction$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a960 700 $aHitchcott$b Nicki$01500377 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910798749303321 996 $aRwanda genocide stories$93836294 997 $aUNINA