Resonant Violence: Affect, Memory, and Activism in Post-Genocide Societies

by Kerry Whigham

Book Overview

From the Holocaust in Europe to the military dictatorships of Latin America to the enduring violence of settler colonialism around the world, genocide has been a defining experience of far too many societies. In many cases, the damaging legacies of genocide lead to continued violence and social divisions for decades. In others, however, creative responses to this identity-based violence emerge from the grassroots, contributing to widespread social...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1978825560
• ISBN13: 9781978825567
• Release Date: February 2022
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 268 Pages