Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (World Beat Series)

Lorey, David E and William H Beezley (eds.)

ISBN 10: 0842029826 / ISBN 13: 9780842029827

Verlag: SR Books, Wilmington, DE, 2002

Beschreibung

xxxiii, 258 pp. Remainder mark on the lower page edges. The binding is tight and square, and the text is clean.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 040687

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century (World Beat Series)
• Verlag: SR Books, Wilmington, DE
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2002
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0842029826
• ISBN-13: 9780842029827
• Einband: Trade Paperback
• Auflage: First Edition
• Zustand: Very Good
• Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Über diesen Titel

Inhaltsangabe

The twentieth century has been scarred by political violence and genocide, reaching its extreme in the Holocaust. Yet, at the same time, the century has been marked by a growing commitment to human rights. This volume highlights the importance of history-of socially processed memory-in resolving the wounds left by massive state-sponsored political violence and in preventing future episodes of violence. In Genocide, Collective Violence, and Popular Memory: The Politics of Remembrance in the Twentieth Century, the editors present and discuss the many different social responses to the challenge of coming to terms with past reigns of terror and collective violence.

Designed for undergraduate courses in political violence and revolution, this volume treats a wide variety of incidents of collective violence-from decades-long genocide to short-lived massacres. The selection of essays provides a broad range of thought-provoking case studies from Latin America, Africa, Europe, and Asia. This provocative collection of readings from around the world will spur debate and discussion of this timely and important topic in the classroom and beyond.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

William H. Beezley received the Ohtli medal from the Mexican government in 2017 in recognition of his contributions to the nation’s history and culture. He teaches at the University of Arizona and is the editor-in-chief of The Oxford Research Encyclopedia for Latin America. He is the author of Judas at the Jockey Club, Mexican National Identity: Memories, Innuendos, and Popular Culture, and such fundamental anthologies as A Handbook of Mexican History and Culture and The Oxford History of Mexico He has authored or edited over twenty-five additional books, including Mexico--the Essentials, Oxford History of Mexico, Mexicans in Revolution, Latin American Popular Culture: An Introduction, and the volumes of The Human Tradition in Latin America. His books have been translated into Spanish and Mandarin.