Becoming Human Again: An Oral History of the Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi b

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Genocide involves significant death and trauma. Yet the enormous scope of genocide comes into view when one looks at the factors that lead to mass killing, the struggle for survival during genocide, and the ways survivors reconstruct their lives after the violence ends. Over a one hundred day period in 1994, the country of Rwanda saw the genocidal slaughter of at least 800,000 Tutsi at the hands of members of the Hutu majority government. This book is a powerful oral history of the tragedy and its aftermath from the perspective of its survivors.Based on in-depth interviews conducted over the course of fifteen years, the authors take a holistic approach by tracing how victims experienced the horrific events, as well as how they have coped with the aftermath as they struggled to resume their lives. The Rwanda genocide deserves study and documentation not only because of the failure of the Western world to intervene, but also because it raises profound questions about the ways survivors create a new life out of the ashes of all that was destroyed. How do they deal with the all-encompassing traumas of genocide? Is forgiveness possible? And what does the process of rebuilding teach us about genocide, trauma, and human life?

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"A journey through the heart of darkness, the pain of trauma, the complexity of justice, and the sorrow of survival, Becoming Human Again reveals the struggle for healing and forgiveness through the lives and words of those who know it best--its survivors. A true contribution to knowledge and deeper understanding."--Stephen D. Smith, Finci-Viterbi Executive Director of USC Shoah Foundation and UNESCO Chair on Genocide Education "The mantra 'Never Again,' coined in the aftermath of the Holocaust, should in fact be 'Again and Again.' This important book explores in painful, honest, personal detail the most brutal of these genocides. More than just addressing the genocide, it compellingly grapples with the issues of reconciliation and forgiveness."--Deborah E. Lipstadt, author of Antisemitism Here and Now

Author Biography

Donald E. Miller is the Leonard K. Firestone Professor of Religion at the University of Southern California and Director of Strategic Initiatives at USC's Center for Religion and Civic Culture. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of ten books, including Global Pentecostalism: The New Face of Christian Social Engagement and Reinventing American Protestantism: Christianity in the New Millennium.Lorna Touryan Miller is coauthor with Donald Miller of Survivors: An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide and Armenia: Portraits of Survival and Hope. She is former director of the Office for Creative Connections in Pasadena, California.Arpi Misha Miller completed her doctoral dissertation in Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles, where she focused on the transnational political activism of Salvadoran immigrants in Los Angeles. Currently she is involved in immigrant rights issues in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Table of Contents

PrefaceAcknowledgmentsPART I: The Genocide1. Encountering the Genocide2. How Did It Happen?3. Orphan Memories4. The Experience of Women5. Coping after GenocidePART II: Postgenocide Experiences6. Trauma as Moral Rupture7. A Holistic Model of Healing8. Forgiveness9. Justice and Reconciliation10. Becoming Human AgainAppendix I: MethodologyAppendix II: Survey Results on Distress and ResilienceBeth E. Meyerowitz and Lauren C. NgNotesReferences and BibliographyIndex

Review

"The authors offer valuable insights into psychological trauma and its link to loss of identity. . . .  Becoming Human Again is not an easy read but it is a worthwhile one; a journey through horror to healing." * New Internationalist *"After a surfeit of literature on various aspects of Rwanda's genocide, scholars might not expect such a useful and provocative recapitulation. This book is a pleasant surprise. . . . This analysis describes how many traumatized victims in Rwanda were helped in regaining their sense of being human after losing even that. Not only academic social scientists but, even more so, psychiatrists, counselors, and other professionals in the human services will benefit from this study." * CHOICE *

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"The authors offer valuable insights into psychological trauma and its link to loss of identity. . . . Becoming Human Again is not an easy read but it is a worthwhile one; a journey through horror to healing."

Details ISBN0520343786 Author Arpi Misha Miller Year 2020 ISBN-10 0520343786 ISBN-13 9780520343788 Pages 264 Format Paperback Imprint University of California Press Subtitle An Oral History of the Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi Place of Publication Berkerley Country of Publication United States DEWEY 967.5710431 Short Title Becoming Human Again Language English Publication Date 2020-03-31 UK Release Date 2020-03-31 NZ Release Date 2020-03-31 US Release Date 2020-03-31 Publisher University of California Press Audience Professional & Vocational AU Release Date 2020-03-30 We've got this

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