Complexities and dangers of remembering and forgetting in Rwanda [[electronic resource] /] / Olivier Nyirubugara

• Autore: Nyirubugara Olivier
• Pubblicazione: Leiden, : Sidestone Press, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (181 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Memory - Social aspects - Rwanda
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: pt. 1. Memory policing -- pt. 2. Memory transmission -- pt. 3. Memory at work.
• Sommario/riassunto: Can a society, a culture, a country, be trapped by its own memories? The question is not easy to answer, but it would not be a bad idea to cautiously say: 'It depends'. This book is about one society - Rwanda - and its culture, traditions, identities, and memories. More specifically, it discusses some of the ways in which ethnic identities and related memories constitute a deadly trap that needs to be torn apart if mass violence is to be eradicated in that country. It looks into everyday cultural practices such as child naming and oral traditions (myths and tales, proverbs, war poetry etc.) an
• Titolo autorizzato: Complexities and dangers of remembering and forgetting in Rwanda
• ISBN: 90-8890-160-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462886503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II