
Gender and Genocide in Burundi
The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region
Patricia Daley(Author)
James Currey (Publisher)
Published on 24. April 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-1-84701-306-4 (ISBN)
Description
Can Burundi achieve its political and economic objectives without returning to genocidal violence?
This book identifies the continuities and transformations of violence in Burundi and shows how violence has been intensified through the introduction of modern concepts of masculinity. It shows how Burundi is linked to the patterns of recurrent genocidal violence in Rwanda, Congo and Uganda. Patricia Daley argues passionately for a revised feminist-historical approach to understanding violence and reforming the processes whereby local and international bodies put together peace agreements.
PATRICIA DALEY is a Lecturer in the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
North America: Indiana U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP; South Africa: Jacana
This book identifies the continuities and transformations of violence in Burundi and shows how violence has been intensified through the introduction of modern concepts of masculinity. It shows how Burundi is linked to the patterns of recurrent genocidal violence in Rwanda, Congo and Uganda. Patricia Daley argues passionately for a revised feminist-historical approach to understanding violence and reforming the processes whereby local and international bodies put together peace agreements.
PATRICIA DALEY is a Lecturer in the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge
North America: Indiana U Press; Uganda: Fountain Publishers; Kenya: EAEP; South Africa: Jacana
Reviews / Votes
This is the first book since the mid 1990s to thoroughly analyze Burundian politics - and much has changed in Burundi since then. * AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEW * This work is an original and masterly contribution to African Studies and the global literature on violence in the post-Cold War era. - -- Wendy James, Professor of Social Anthropology, University of OxfordMore details
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Language
English
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Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
338 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84701-306-4 (9781847013064)
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Patricia Daley
Gender and Genocide in Burundi
The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region
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Lecturer in the School of Geography and the Environment, Oxford University, and a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford.
Content
Introduction: a culture of genocidal violence
Constructing a paradigm of violence: a feminist perspective on genocidal politics
The colonial state & the ethnicization & masculinization of political space
The masculinized state & the history of genocide
Genocidal politics in the context of democracy & development: 1992-2005
Spaces of violence: exploring the contours of 'civilian' & gendered violence
The traditions of genocide & militarism in the region
Global humanitariansim & the de-humanization of African refugees
Challenging genocide: regional & international peace initiatives
Peace in a state of war: the peace agreement & its implementation
Conclusion: creating spaces of peace: an African feminist agenda
Constructing a paradigm of violence: a feminist perspective on genocidal politics
The colonial state & the ethnicization & masculinization of political space
The masculinized state & the history of genocide
Genocidal politics in the context of democracy & development: 1992-2005
Spaces of violence: exploring the contours of 'civilian' & gendered violence
The traditions of genocide & militarism in the region
Global humanitariansim & the de-humanization of African refugees
Challenging genocide: regional & international peace initiatives
Peace in a state of war: the peace agreement & its implementation
Conclusion: creating spaces of peace: an African feminist agenda