{"product_id":"hutu-rebels-9780812251449","title":"Hutu Rebels","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1994, almost one million ethnic Tutsis were killed in the genocide in Rwanda. In the aftermath of the genocide, some of the top-echelon Hutu officers who had organized it fled Rwanda to the eastern Congo (DRC) and set up a new base for military operation, with the goal of retaking power in Kigali, Rwanda. More than twenty years later, these rebel forces comprise a diverse group of refugees, rebel fighters, and civilian dependents who operate from mountain areas in the Congo forests and have a long and complex history of war and violence. While media and human rights reports typically portray this rebel group as one of the most brutal rebel factions operating in the eastern Congo region, \u003ci\u003eHutu Rebels\u003c\/i\u003e paints a more complex picture.\u003cbr\u003eHaving conducted ethnographic fieldwork in a rebel camp located deep in the Congo forest, Anna Hedlund explores the micropolitics and practices of everyday life among a community of Hutu rebel fighters and their families, living under the hars\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[A]n authoritative ethnographic study of life in a military camp controlled by the Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda...Important in its scope, empirics, and insight.\" * H-Genocide *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fabulous book. \u003ci\u003eHutu Rebels\u003c\/i\u003e is the first to provide an in-depth analysis of Hutu rebels and to present their own perspectives on the war and on their own situations. Anna Hedlund handily refutes stereotypes of rebel life as one defined by chaos and violence while also highlighting the boredom, normalcy, and everydayness that accompanies such a life. It is based on extraordinary ethnographic research and firsthand material, and the analysis is as nuanced as it is convincing and insightful.\" * Séverine Autesserre, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Trouble with the Congo: Local Violence and the Failure of International Peacebuilding\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Conflict and Violence in the Congo\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. Rwandan Rebels in the Congo War: Power, Politics, and Exile\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. Rainbow Brigade: Life in a Rebel Camp\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Politics in the Forest: Retelling History in Exile\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. Captivity and Commitment\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. The Forest of Volcanoes: Rebel-Civilian Interactions\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. From Bare Life to Bare Violence\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405741039959,"sku":"9780812251449","price":56.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812251449.jpg?v=1730493448","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hutu-rebels-9780812251449","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}