Gender and the Genocide in Rwanda: Women as Rescuers and Perpetrators by Sara E.

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This book explores and analyzes the central role played by women who exercised agency as either rescuers or perpetrators during the Rwandan genocide.

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This book examines the mobilization, role, and trajectory of women rescuers and perpetrators during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. While much has been written about the victimization of women during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, very little has been said about women who rescued targeted victims or perpetrated crimes against humanity. This book explores and analyzes the role played by women who exercised agency as rescuers and as perpetrators during the genocide in Rwanda. As women, they took actions and decisions within the context of a deeply entrenched patriarchal system that limited their choices. This work examines two diverging paths of women's agency during this period: to rescue from genocide or to perpetrate genocide. It seeks to answer three questions: First, how were certain Rwandan women mobilized to participate in genocide, and by whom? Second, what were the specific actions of women during this period of violence and upheaval? Finally, what were the trajectories of women rescuers and perpetrators after the genocide? Comparing and contrasting how women rescuers and perpetrators were mobilized, the actions they undertook, and their post-genocide trajectories, and concluding with a broader discussion of the long-term impact of ignoring these women, this book develops a more nuanced and holistic view of women's agency and the genocide in Rwanda.This book will be of much interest to students of gender studies, genocide studies, African politics and critical security studies.

Author Biography

Sara E. Brown is a Fellow at the USC Shoah Foundation - The Institute for Visual History and Education, and has a PhD in Comparative Genocide Studies from Clark University, USA.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Study in Contrasts1. Finding the Right Flashlight2. History of Rwanda3. Mobilization and Militarization4. Rescuers5. Perpetrators6. Post-Genocide Trajectories7. Sharing SaltEpilogue

Review

'..this study contributes to the knowledge of issues related to gender, perpetrators, and reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above; professionals.'--P. G. Conway, SUNY College at Oneonta, CHOICE'This book will interest scholars across a vast range of disciplines, including international law, genocide studies, history and feminist studies. It will also be of interest to anyone who wishes to hear from the women and men of Rwanda whose voices are so often silenced or filtered before they reach outside audiences. Through her engagement with the moving and confronting oral histories of those who were affected by the violence in Rwanda, Brown achieves her objectives of "finding the right flashlight" and complicating the narrative of women's roles in the genocide. The result is a persuasive and engaging read.'--Katherine Fallah, University of Technology Sydney, State Crime Journal

Details ISBN0367188090 Author Sara E. Brown Pages 186 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd Series Routledge Studies in Gender and Security Year 2019 ISBN-10 0367188090 ISBN-13 9780367188092 Format Paperback Imprint Routledge Subtitle Women as Rescuers and Perpetrators Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Illustrations 2 Tables, black and white DEWEY 304.663082096757109049 Publication Date 2019-03-05 Affiliation USC Dornsife, USA UK Release Date 2019-03-05 AU Release Date 2019-03-05 NZ Release Date 2019-03-05 Alternative 9781138043534 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this

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