Rwanda After Genocide: Gender, Identity and Post-Traumatic Growth

ISBN-13: 9781108426138 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 240 str.

Caroline Williamson Sinalo

Opis

Drawing on Rwandan genocide survivor testimonies, this book offers a new approach to psychological trauma that considers both the positive and negative consequences.

Recenzje

'Caroline Williamson Sinalo's nuanced and complex account skewers two clichés about post-genocide Rwanda: everyday citizens lack agency and voice; and the consequences of the genocide for survivors have been exclusively negative. Analysing archival testimonies assembled by Rwandan researchers, Williamson Sinalo shows the limitations of Western theories of trauma when applied to the Rwandan context and highlights the salience of the provocative concept of 'posttraumatic growth'. This book is a must-read for anyone wanting to go beyond the black-and-white accounts of present day Rwanda and the narrow theoretical understandings of 'trauma' that currently dominate the literature.' Phil Clark, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Defying silence, defying theory; 2. Postcolonial posttraumatic growth in Rwandan men; 3. Rwanda's women and posttraumatic individualism; 4. Communal men and agentic women: posttraumatic growth at the collective level; 5. What is really unspeakable? Gender and posttraumatic growth at the international level; Conclusion.