Peaceful selves : personhood, nationhood, and the post-conflict moment in Rwanda /

"This in-depth ethnographic study of personhood in post-genocide Rwanda, carried out over a decade, investigates how Rwandans grapple with what kinds of persons they ought to become in the wake of the violence. While Rwandans strive to be agents of change in a new era of modern nationhood, they...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Eramian, Laura (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2018.
Temas:
1994-2099
Self > Social aspects > Rwanda > Butare.
Collective memory > Rwanda.
National characteristics, Rwandan.
Reconciliation.
Rwandans.
Moi (Psychologie) > Aspect social > Rwanda > Butare.
Mémoire collective > Rwanda.
Rwandais.
Réconciliation.
HISTORY > Africa > Central.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Rwandans
Collective memory
National characteristics, Rwandan
Peace
Reconciliation
Self > Social aspects
Social conditions
Rwanda > History > Civil War, 1994 > Peace.
Butare (Rwanda) > Social conditions > 21st century.
Rwanda > Histoire > 1994 (Guerre civile) > Paix.
Rwanda
Rwanda > Butare
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Person, nation, and violence in Rwanda
  • The post-conflict moment in Butare and its antecedents
  • Ethnicity's specter in post-ethnic times
  • Living with absence
  • Creativity, positive thinking, and their perils
  • Making peace by remaking persons
  • Conclusion: The post-conflict, the postcolonial, and peaceful selves.

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