1st Edition

Controversies in the Field of Genocide Studies

284 Pages

by Routledge

284 Pages

by Routledge

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At the heart of the field of Genocide Studies lies an active core of vigorous debate that has led to both heated disagreements and productive disputes. This new volume in the Genocide: A Critical Bibliographic Review series focuses on these, as well as other significant issues. Chapters in this volume focus on a number of issues: Did Peru’s Aché suffer genocide? What was the role of media... Read more

Introduction Henry Theriault and Elisa von Joeden-Forgey

Part 1. Cases

1 The Case of the Aché: The Genocide Debate Continues Unabated Robert K. Hitchcock, Charles Flowerday, and Wayne A. Babchuk

2 The Role of Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines in the 1994 Rwandan Genocide: Hate Propaganda, Media Effects, and International Intervention Amanda Grzyb and Amy Freier

Part 2. Aftermaths

3 Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts: Instrument of Reconciliation? An Ongoing Controversy Cyanne E. Loyle

4 Controversies Around Governmental and Parliamentary Recognition of the Armenian, Hellenic, and Assyrian Genocides Panayiotis Diamadis

5 Manufacturing Controversy: Left-Wing Denial of the Rwandan Genocide Gerald Caplan 　