TY  - BOOK
AU  - Fujii,Lee Ann
TI  - Killing neighbors: webs of violence in Rwanda 
SN  - 9780801477133 (pbk.) :
AV  - DT450.435 .F85 2009
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Ithaca
PB  - Cornell University Press
KW  - Genocide
KW  - Rwanda
KW  - Violence
KW  - Ethnic conflict
KW  - Political violence
KW  - Gruppendynamik
KW  - swd
KW  - Völkermord
KW  - Ethnizität
KW  - Soziales Netzwerk
KW  - History
KW  - Civil War, 1990-1993
KW  - Atrocities
KW  - Civil War, 1994
KW  - Ethnic relations
KW  - Bürgerkrieg
KW  - Hutu
KW  - Tutsi
N1  - Published version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--George Washington University, 2006; Includes bibliographical references (p. [195]-201) and index; Conducting fieldwork in the aftermath of war and genocide -- Violence and identity in historical perspective -- Local narratives and explanations -- The enigma of ethnicity -- The power of local ties -- The logic of groups
N2  - In the horrific events of the mid-1990s in Rwanda, tens of thousands of Hutu killed their Tutsi friends, neighbors, even family members. That ghastly violence has overshadowed a fact almost as noteworthy: that hundreds of thousands of Hutu killed no one. In a transformative revisiting of the motives behind and specific contexts surrounding the Rwandan genocide, the author focuses on individual actions rather than sweeping categories. She argues that ethnic hatred and fear do not satisfactorily explain the mobilization of Rwandans one against another. Her extensive interviews in Rwandan prisons and two rural communities form the basis for her claim that mass participation in the genocide was not the result of ethnic antagonisms. Rather, the social context of action was critical. Strong group dynamics and established local ties shaped patterns of recruitment for and participation in the genocide. This web of social interactions bound people to power holders and killing groups. People joined and continued to participate in the genocide over time, because killing in large groups conferred identity on those who acted destructively. The perpetrators of the genocide produced new groups centered on destroying prior bonds by killing kith and kin
ER  -