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Rwanda Genocide Stories
Nicki Hitchcott
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Description for Rwanda Genocide Stories
Hardcover. A critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFGR; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSBH; DSK; HBTZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
During what has become officially known as the genocide against the Tutsi, as many as one million Rwandan people were brutally massacred between April and July 1994. This book presents a critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide. Focusing on a large and original corpus of creative writing by African authors, including writers from Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide Stories: Fiction After 1994 examines the positionality of authors and their texts in relation to the genocide. How do issues of `ethnicity', nationality, geographical location and family history affect the ways in which creative writers ... Read more
During what has become officially known as the genocide against the Tutsi, as many as one million Rwandan people were brutally massacred between April and July 1994. This book presents a critical study of fictional responses by authors inside and outside Rwanda to the 1994 genocide. Focusing on a large and original corpus of creative writing by African authors, including writers from Rwanda, Rwanda Genocide Stories: Fiction After 1994 examines the positionality of authors and their texts in relation to the genocide. How do issues of `ethnicity', nationality, geographical location and family history affect the ways in which creative writers ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures
Condition
New
Weight
508g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781781381946
SKU
V9781781381946
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About Nicki Hitchcott
Nicki Hitchcott is Professor in French at the University of St Andrews.
Reviews for Rwanda Genocide Stories
'Nicki Hitchcott's comprehensive and beautifully structured account of fiction published in the two decades following the genocide [...] is the first book to consider the full extent of (largely ignored) Rwandan fictional writing in a sustained manner, alongside more well-known, internationally circulating texts by visitors to Rwanda.' 'The resulting work is exceptional ... Read more