Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in
Palgrave Macmillan

Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda

The Politics of History

  • Book
  • © 2017

Overview

Authors:
  1. Erin Jessee

    1. The University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, United Kingdom

    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed   Google Scholar

  • Offer a 'view from below' of the Rwandan genocide unlike most analyses
  • Provides an analysis of individual Rwandans finding subtle ways to voice their own experiences and interpretations of the past
  • Creates a methodological framework for conducting oral histories of genocide and war survivors

Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Oral History (PSOH)

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this book

Log in via an institution
eBook USD 29.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book USD 37.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Other ways to access

Licence this eBook for your library

Institutional subscriptions

Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvii
    Download chapter PDF

  2. Introduction

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 1-44

  3. An Official History: Commemorating “the 1994 Genocide of the Tutsi”

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 45-80

  4. Memorial Staff: Between Official Narrative and Lived Experience

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 81-116

  5. Genocide Survivors: Complicating the Official Narrative

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 117-148

  6. Convicted Génocidaires: Keepers of “Bad History”

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 149-188

  7. Returnees: Looking Toward the “New Rwanda”

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 189-214

  8. Considering Silences: Hutu Survivors? Tutsi Génocidaires? And What of the Twa?

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 215-236

  9. Conclusion: The Danger of a Single Story

    • Erin Jessee
    Pages 237-267

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 269-302
    Download chapter PDF
Back to top

Keywords

About this book

This book is an oral history-based study of the politics of history in the aftermath of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. Using life history and thematic interviews, the author brings the narratives of officials, survivors, returnees, perpetrators, and others whose lives have been intimately affected by genocide into conversation with scholarly studies of the Rwandan genocide, and Rwandan history more generally. In doing so, she explores the following questions: How do Rwandans use history to make sense of their experiences of genocide and related mass atrocities? And to what end? In the aftermath of such violence, how do people’s interpretations of the varied forms of suffering they endured then influence their ability to envision and support a peaceful future for their nation that includes multi-ethnic cooperation?

Reviews

“Presents a critical and insightful analysis of the politics of history in post-genocide Rwanda. … This book is best suited for readers who have experience or prior background in Rwandan history because it presents more complicated frameworks, aspects of history, and narratives about post-genocide Rwanda. … this book will provide a fascinating and refreshing look at the politics of history present in Rwanda, and a nuanced view of the challenges of confronting official narratives that have arisen since 1994.” (Samantha Lakin, Oral History Forum d’histoire Orale, Vol. 37, 2017)

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Strathclyde , Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Erin Jessee

About the author

Erin Jessee is Assistant Professor in the Department of History at the University of Strathclyde and the Scottish Oral History Centre, UK.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Negotiating Genocide in Rwanda

  • Book Subtitle: The Politics of History

  • Authors: Erin Jessee

  • Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Oral History

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-45195-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83235-7Published: 18 August 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-45195-4Published: 20 January 2017

  • Series ISSN: 2731-5673

  • Series E-ISSN: 2731-5681

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVII, 302

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Oral History, History of Sub-Saharan Africa, African Politics

Publish with us

Policies and ethics

Back to top

Search

Navigation