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New Directions in Genocide Research.
Genocide studies is a relatively new field of comparative inquiry, but recent years have seen an increasing range of themes and subject-matter being addressed that reflect a variety of features of the field and transformations within it. This edited book brings together established scholars with ris...
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Hoboken :
Taylor & amp; Francis,
2011.
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- Front Cover; New Directions in Genocide Research; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; Notes on contributors; Editor's preface: the present and future of genocide studies; Acknowledgments; Part 1: Theories; 1. From Definition to Process: the effects and roots of genocide: Benjamin Lieberman; Sampling and boundaries; Law and final outcomes; Genocide and genocides; Perpetrators and victims; Old assumptions, new directions, and genocide prevention; Notes; 2. The Concept of "Genocidal Social Practices": Daniel Feierstein; Genocide as a social practice.
- Genocide and the reformulation of social relationsToward an attempt at periodization; The denial of the identity of victims; The transference of guilt; Horror and paralysis; Reformulating social relations: a struggle for identity; Notes; 3. Genocidal Moralities: a critique: Christopher J. Powell; Introduction; Part 1: the sociology of morality; Part 2: genocidal moralities; Conclusion; Notes; Part 2: Themes; 4. The Destruction of Sarajevo's Vijecńica : a case of genocidal cultural destruction?: Donna-Lee Frieze; Introduction; Cultural destruction: legal precedents.
- Lemkin and the concept of genocidal cultural destructionCultural destruction and genocidal intent; Cultural destruction and genocidal intent: reevaluating the Vijecńica; Conclusion; Notes; 5. Genocidal Masculinity: Elisa von Joeden-Forgey; Men and genocide; Genocidal masculinity and patriarchy; Genocidal masculinity and the family; Genocidal masculinity and life force atrocities; Conclusion; Notes; 6. Invisible Males: a critical assessment of UN gender mainstreaming policies in the Congolese genocide: Paula Drumond; Introduction; Patterns of gender-based violence during genocide.
- Gender-based violence in the DRCGender policies at the UN: gender main streaming?; The UN's gender policies in the DRC; Acknowledging gendercide; Conclusion; Notes; 7. Tracking Evidence of Genocide through Environmental Change: applying remote sensing to the study of genocide: Russell F. Schimmer; Introduction; Research approaches; Guatemala; Rwanda; East Timor; Darfur; Prevention, intervention, and evidence obtention; Legal applications; Conclusion; Notes; 8. Genocide and Structural Violence: charting the terrain: Adam Jones; Introduction; Structural violence and the genocidal continuum.
- Structural violence and genocidal intentCases (1): a brief summary; Cases (2): parameters of evaluation; Strategies of intervention and prevention; Conclusion; Notes; 9. Moral Bystanders and Mass Violence: Ernesto Verdeja; The bystander; Elements of moral bystanding; Complexity in bystander behavior; Motive and action; Conclusion; Notes; Part 3: Cases; 10. When "The World Was Turned Upside Down": California and Oregon'sTolowa Indian genocide, 1851-1856: Benjamin Madley; Taa-laa-waa-dvn before 1851; Phase I: the killings begin, 1851-1853; Phase II: organized massacres, 1853.