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| ISBN: | 9780801458613
0801458617
9780801447051
0801447054
0801477131
9780801477133
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| Digital file characteristics: | text file PDF
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-201) and index.
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Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
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In English.
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| Summary: | In the horrific events of the mid-1990s in Rwanda, tens of thousands of Hutu killed their Tutsi friends, neighbors, even family members. That ghastly violence has overshadowed a fact almost as noteworthy: that hundreds of thousands of Hutu killed no one. In a transformative revisiting of the motives behind and specific contexts surrounding the Rwandan genocide, the author focuses on individual actions rather than sweeping categories. She argues that ethnic hatred and fear do not satisfactorily explain the mobilization of Rwandans one against another. Her extensive interviews in Rwandan prisons and two rural communities form the basis for her claim that mass participation in the genocide was not the result of ethnic antagonisms. Rather, the social context of action was critical. Strong group dynamics and established local ties shaped patterns of recruitment for and participation in the genocide. This web of social interactions bound people to power holders and killing groups. People joined and continued to participate in the genocide over time, because killing in large groups conferred identity on those who acted destructively. The perpetrators of the genocide produced new groups centered on destroying prior bonds by killing kith and kin.
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| Other form: | Print version: Fujii, Lee Ann. Killing neighbors. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009
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| Standard no.: | 10.7591/9780801458613
40016482058
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