New directions in genocide research

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Author:

Jones, Adam, 1963-

ISBN:

9780203698327

9780415495967

9780415495974

Publication Information:

New York : Routledge, 2011.

Physical Description:

xxx, 279 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

1. From definition to process: the effects and roots of genocide -- 2. The concept of 'genocidial social practices' -- 3. Genocidal moralities: a critique -- 4. The destruction of Sarajevo's Vijecnica: a case of genocidal cultural destruction? -- 5. Genocidal Masculinity -- 6. Invisible males: a critical assessment of UN gender mainstreaming policies in the Congolese genocide -- 7. Tracking evidence of genocide through environmental change: applying remote sensing to the study of genocide -- 8. Genocide and structural violence: charting the terrain -- 9. Moral bystanders and mass violence -- 10. When 'the world was turned upside down': California and Oregon's Tolowa Indian genocide, 1851-1856 -- Fresh understandings of the Armenial genocide: mapping new terrain with old questions -- 12. Sri Lanka and genocidal violence: from retrospective to prospective research -- 13. Researching genocide in Africa: establishing ethnological and historical context -- 14. The Challenge of social reconciliation in Rwanda: identity, justice and transformation.

Subject Term:

Genocide -- Case studies.

Genocide -- Research -- Methodology.

Genocide -- Research.

Added Author:

Jones, Adam, 1963-

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Summary

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 rising stars and seeks to capture the range of new approaches, theories, and case studies in the field.

The book is divided into three broad sections:

Section I focuses on broad theories of comparative genocide, covering a number of different perspectives. Section II critically reconsiders core themes of genocide studies and unfolds a range of challenging new directions, including cultural genocide, gender and genocide (as it pertains to both women and men), structural violence, and the novel application of remote-sensing technologies to the detection and study of genocide.Section III is case-study focused, seeking to place both canonical and little-known cases of genocide in broader comparative perspective. Cases analyzed include genocide in North America, the Nazi Holocaust, the Armenian genocide, and the Sri Lankan genocide.

The combination of cutting-edge scholarship and innovative approaches to familiar subjects makes this essential reading for all students and scholars in the field of genocide studies.