Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century

by Lorey, David E.; Beezley, William H.

• ISBN13: 9780842029827
• ISBN10: 0842029826
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-11-01
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

The twentieth century has been scarred by political violence and genocide, reaching its extreme in the Holocaust. Yet, at the same time, the century has been marked by a growing commitment to human rights. This volume highlights the importance of history-

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Latin America
Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to Democracy	1	(30)
Alexander Wilde
Layers of Memories: Twenty Years After in Argentina	31	(22)
Elizabeth Jelin
Susana G. Kaufman
The Unmaking of Rigoberta Menchu	53	(14)
Hal Cohen
Africa
Ethnicity and the Politics of History in Rwanda	67	(18)
Catharine Newbury
The Burderns of Truth: An Evaluation of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives Undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission	85	(18)
Brandon Hamber
Asia
The Cambodian Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: National Narrative	103	(20)
Judy Ledgerwood
Buajingan! Indonesian Art, Literature, and State Violence around the Downfall of President Socharto	123	(16)
Rob Goodfellow
M. Dwi Marianto
Mnemosyne Abroad: Reflections on the Chinese and Jewish Commitment to Remembrance	139	(28)
Vera Schwarcz
Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater in Modern China	167	(24)
Joseph W. Esherick
Jeffrey N. Wasserstrom
Germany and Japan: Legacies of World War
War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of Germany	191	(38)
Robert G. Moeller
Photography, National Identity, and the ``Cataract of Times'': Wartime Images and the Case of Japan	229	(28)
Julia A. Thomas
Suggested Reading	257