Beyond Despair: The Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi through the Eyes of Childr

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A bracing look at the Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi through the eyes of children.

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Winner, Prix Pierre LafueWinner, Prix lyceen du livre d'histoire des Rendez-vous de l'histoire de BloisIn the archives of the main institution in charge of the history and memory of the genocide in Rwanda, several bundles of fragile little school notebooks contain, in the silence of accumulated dust, the stories of around a hundred surviving children. Written in 2006 at the initiative of a Rwandan survivors' association, as a testimonial and psychological catharsis, these accounts by children who have since become young men and women tell the story of their experience of the genocide, as well as of "life before" and "life after." The words of these children, the cruel realism of the scenes they describe, the power of the emotions they express, provide the historian with an unparalleled insight into the subjectivities of the survivors, and also enable us to take on board the murderous discourse and gestures of those who eradicated their world of childhood forever. Far from abstract postulates on the "unspeakable," Beyond Despair offers a reflection on the conditions that make audible such an experience of dereliction in the twilight of the twentieth century.This work received support for excellence in publication and translation from Albertine Translation, a program created by Villa Albertine and funded by FACE Foundation.

Author Biography

Hélène Dumas (Author) Hélène Dumas is a research fellow in history at the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the Raymond Aron Center for sociological and political studies at the EHESS, Paris. She is the author of Le Génocide au village: Le massacre des Tutsi au Rwanda.Louisa Lombard (Foreword By) Louisa Lombard is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Yale University. She is the author of State of Rebellion: Violence and Intervention in the Central African Republic.Catherine Porter (Translator) Catherine Porter is Professor of French Emerita at the State University of New York at Cortland and former president of the Modern Language Association. She has translated more than fifty books, including Bruno Latour's Down to Earth and Elisabeth Roudinesco's The Sovereign Self.

Table of Contents

Foreword (by Louisa Lombard) | ixList of Abbreviations | xxviiIntroduction: Genocide through the Eyes of Children | 1Part I: Life Before—Ubuzima bwa mbere1 The Worlds of Childhood: Family and School | 132 Childhoods at War | 29Part II: Then the Time Came, and We Entered intothe Life of the Genocide—Ubwo igihe cyaje kugera twinjira mu buzima bwa jenoside3 Separations | 434 "Their God Is Dead" | 605 Theaters of Cruelty | 766 Ecosystems of Survival | 947 Rescues | 109Part III: The Life of an Orphan Has No End—Ubupfubyi ntibushira8 "We Went Back to Our Ruins" | 1299 Escaping from the "Teeth of the Mockers": Surviving in Hostile Surroundings | 14810 "My Hobbled Life": Writing Moral Pain | 162Acknowledgments | 183Glossary | 185Notes | 187Bibliography | 219Photographs follow page 108

Review

Beyond Despair is shattering. The book constitutes a restrained, low-pitched, and controlled exposition. Dumas's restraint comes from profound empathy and understanding of an event that is unbearable to contemplate. The story--of human evil--bursts out from these children's lives and overwhelms us. I can't recall a reading a book in ten or twenty years that has affected me so deeply.---Jan T. Gross, Princeton UniversityIt is a testament to Hélène Dumas's integrity as a historian that she does not instrumentalize, and thereby distort, the children's accounts on behalf of her own grand take-away. Instead she fills in the elements of the scenes that the children leave out, and explains the common themes, so that the full force of the children's experiences hits readers all the harder, and more directly.---Louisa Lombard, from the Foreword

Details ISBN1531506070 Author Louisa Lombard Pages 272 Publisher Fordham University Press Series Thinking from Elsewhere Year 2024 Translator Catherine Porter ISBN-13 9781531506070 Format Hardcover Imprint Fordham University Press Subtitle The Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi through the Eyes of Children Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Illustrations 6 b/w illustrations ISBN-10 1531506070 UK Release Date 2024-06-04 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly DEWEY 967.5710431 Publication Date 2024-06-04 US Release Date 2024-06-04 We've got this

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