![]() | Genocide Lives in Us In the aftermath of the 1994 genocide, Rwandan women faced the impossible--resurrecting their lives amidst unthinkable devastation. Haunted by memories of lost loved ones and of their own experiences of violence, women rebuilt their lives from "less than nothing." Neither passive victims nor innate peacemakers, they traversed dangerous emotional and political terrain to emerge as leaders in Rwanda today. This clear and engaging ethnography of survival tackles three interrelated phenomena--memory, silence, and justice--and probes the contradictory roles women played in postgenocide reconciliation. Jennie E. Burnet is associate professor of global studies and anthropology at Georgia State University. Her research focuses on women's roles in peace-building and democratization and on the long-term consequences of gender-based violence in conflict. |
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