Description
Book SynopsisOpening the subject of subaltern genocide for exploration by scholars of genocide, ethnic conflict, and human rights, this title explores genocide's sociological, anthropological, psychological, symbolic, and normative dimensions.
Trade Review"The study of comparative genocide is one of the most important of our era. By focusing on acts of genocide (or near genocide) committed by oppressed people (or people who imagine themselves to be oppressed), this book sheds light on an important dimension of the problem." —Roger Smith, College of William and Mary
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1. Symbolism and Subalternity: The 1680 Pueblo Revolt of New Mexico and the 1780-82 Andean Great Rebellion Nicholas Robins
2. On the Genocidal Aspect of Certain Subaltern Uprisings: A Research Note Adam Jones
3. Ethical Cleansing? The Expulsion of Germans from Central Europe during and after World War Two Eric Langenbacher
4. Oppression and Vengeance in the Cambodian Genocide Alexander Laban Hinton
5. Genocide in Self-Defense? Serbian Victimization and Historical Justifications for War, 1980-2000 David B. MacDonald
6. The Imaginary in Rwanda's Pre-Genocidal Media Christopher C. Taylor
7. Genocide, Humiliation, and Inferiority: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Evelin Gerda Lindner
8. Subaltern Genocide and Evolutionary Theory E.O. Smith
9. Subaltern Strands of the Genocidal Continuum Adam Jones
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