The Marginalised in Genocide Narratives

Giorgia Donà is Co-director of the Centre for Migration, Refugees and Belonging at the University of East London, UK.

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Chapter 1 Introduction: narrating genocide and the genocide narrative

Introduction



Narrating genocides: victims, perpetrators and the marginalised others



The formation of the genocide master–narrative



The constellation of genocide narratives



The Rwandan genocide and Rwanda Studies



Situating narratives methodologically



Conclusion



Chapter 2 The formation of the foundational genocide master-narrative



Introduction



The formation of the master-narrative of the Genocide against the Tutsi



The genocide as the foundational master-narrative



The counter master-narrative of war



The marginalised voices



Conclusion

Chapter 3 Reframing culpability, shame and guilt: non-perpetrator members of the perpetrator group



Introduction



Naming culpability, shame and guilt: non-perpetrator members of the perpetrator group



Revisiting moral culpability through ordinary morality



The narrative of national unity and reconciliation: everyday relations and values



Conclusion

Chapter 4 Revisiting the figure of the heroic rescuer: communal rescue, care and resistance



Introduction



Naming the public figure of the rescuer: individual, exceptional, heroic



From exceptional heroes to communities of care



The communal rescue narrative: care and resistance



The ambivalent legacy of rescuing



Revisiting the figure of the heroic saviour



Conclusion

Chapter 5 Families of mixed ethnic backgrounds: the intimate burden of those caught in-between the politics of ethnic identity



Introduction



The erasure of the 'mixed' constituent in public narratives



Rethinking the proxy categories of rescapé, génocidaire and orphelin du génocide



Caught in-between: narrating the intimate burden of 'mixed' belonging



The narrative legacy of the genocide



Articulating and reclaiming the 'mixed'



Conclusion

Chapter 6 Marginalisation and survival of the other minority group



Introduction



Naming the outside onlooker: the Twa



Questioning the onlooker narrative: the insider and the struggle for survival



Post-genocide narratives: from autochthones to historically marginalised



Decentering the genocide narrative: national progress, vulnerability and material survival



Conclusion

Chapter 7 Civilian returnees: intra-ethnic differences and continuities with the past and exile



Introduction



The Hamitic narrative: histories of mobility and belonging



The hegemony of the RPF-led national narrative and the diverse stories of the civilian returnees



Revisiting the narrative of the 'new' Rwanda: continuities with the past and exile



Conclusion

Chapter 8 The revised constellation of genocide narratives and the untold social history of genocides



Introduction



The marginalised voices in the revised constellation of genocide narratives



Narrative engagement: agency and dialogical strategies



Rewriting the social history of the genocide that took place in Rwanda



Expanding and applying the constellation of genocide narratives