Lee Ann Fujii
- Published in print:
- 2021
- Published Online:
- January 2022
- ISBN:
- 9781501758546
- eISBN:
- 9781501758560
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Cornell University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7591/cornell/9781501758546.003.0007
- Subject:
- Political Science, International Relations and Politics
This chapter examines the immediate aftermath of the violent displays from Chapter 5. It finds that violence did not simply end with the killing of the victims, but continued through the dumping of ...
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This chapter examines the immediate aftermath of the violent displays from Chapter 5. It finds that violence did not simply end with the killing of the victims, but continued through the dumping of bodies, the taking of souvenirs, and continued narrativizing of the event. In Rwanda, the displays continued through official commemorations of the dead, which involved exhumations and reburials of alleged victims of the genocide. In reality, these reburials were a hoax. Through official genocide reburials, the government was able to recategorize many dead bodies, transforming victims of Rwandan Patriotic Front killings and even génocidaires into victims of the genocide. The chapter then moves back to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where the violence continued through the days and weeks that followed, with tourists descending on Princess Anne to find out what they missed and others bragging about what they saw and did during the lynching.Less
This chapter examines the immediate aftermath of the violent displays from Chapter 5. It finds that violence did not simply end with the killing of the victims, but continued through the dumping of bodies, the taking of souvenirs, and continued narrativizing of the event. In Rwanda, the displays continued through official commemorations of the dead, which involved exhumations and reburials of alleged victims of the genocide. In reality, these reburials were a hoax. Through official genocide reburials, the government was able to recategorize many dead bodies, transforming victims of Rwandan Patriotic Front killings and even génocidaires into victims of the genocide. The chapter then moves back to the Eastern Shore of Maryland, where the violence continued through the days and weeks that followed, with tourists descending on Princess Anne to find out what they missed and others bragging about what they saw and did during the lynching.
Beatriz Manz
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780520230286
- eISBN:
- 9780520927575
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of California Press
- DOI:
- 10.1525/california/9780520230286.003.0011
- Subject:
- Anthropology, African Cultural Anthropology
This chapter discusses how the victims of genocide cope with trauma. According to a 1999 report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, the Mayan population of Guatemala was the target of a ...
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This chapter discusses how the victims of genocide cope with trauma. According to a 1999 report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, the Mayan population of Guatemala was the target of a genocidal campaign from 1981 to 1983. This campaign included more than six hundred massacres that were carried out mostly by Guatemalan troops. This chapter focuses on Santa Maria Tzejá, a Mayan village where 344 massacres occurred. It tries to determine how people cope with such ordeals and a life that is spent in a climate of terror and fear.Less
This chapter discusses how the victims of genocide cope with trauma. According to a 1999 report of the Commission for Historical Clarification, the Mayan population of Guatemala was the target of a genocidal campaign from 1981 to 1983. This campaign included more than six hundred massacres that were carried out mostly by Guatemalan troops. This chapter focuses on Santa Maria Tzejá, a Mayan village where 344 massacres occurred. It tries to determine how people cope with such ordeals and a life that is spent in a climate of terror and fear.
