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| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| ISBN 13 | 9781838605797 |
| Book Subtitle | Gender, Media And The Representation Of Genocide |
| Book Description | Focusing on television media reporting of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and its aftermath, this book explores how African states directly involved in conflict, western states with geopolitical interests in Africa's Great Lakes region, militia groups, human rights activists and NGOs use gendered media narratives strategically, often engaging in politics of revisionism and denial, to change the behaviour of other actors in the international system. Critically analysing BBC documentary films and news features and drawing on interviews with British, Rwandan and Congolese journalists, filmmakers, political commentators and human rights activists Georgina Holmes argues that documentary films and political discussion programmes are postcolonial contact zones, wherein competing actors perform in an attempt to influence international political decision-making on military and humanitarian intervention and public perceptions of genocide and war. The book breaks new ground in understanding how Rwandan and Congolese women actively engage in producing and shaping international public discourse on genocide and war, despite being depicted as silent, passive victims of conflict. This book is essential reading on the gendered dynamics of media reporting on conflicts and will appeal to anyone with an interest in Feminist Security Studies, Political Communication, Media and Film Studies, African Studies, Genocide Studies and International Relations. |
| Editorial Review | Georgina Holmes takes up an important discussion of how gender can be used as an enabler of different agendas in political warscapes. * Jill Trenholm, Uppsala University * "Scholars of gender and media, conflict in Africa, and feminist international relations will find this book stimulating and informative. Scholars specializing in the African Great Lakes region may also find the book helpful as a reliable source of information about international and regional media reporting on or operating in Rwanda and eastern Congo." * Jennie E. Burnet, Georgia State University * "In this carefully researched work, Georgina Holmes sets out a series of fundamental challenges: to media presenters and reporters about their knowledge and professionalism; to feminist (and other) theorists about the roles of women as both victims and agents; to politicians about their attitudes and behaviour with respect to the threat and actuality of genocide; and to civil society as a whole regarding issues of race, international relations, and Africa. In this study of women, genocide, and war in Rwanda there are critical lessons for all of us." * Ken Booth, Aberystwyth University * |
| About the Author | Georgina Holmes holds a PhD in International Relations from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), and a JD specialising in public relations. She is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow in the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Reading. |
| Language | English |
| Author | Georgina Holmes |
| Publication Date | 31 Oct 2019 |
| Number of Pages | 344 |
Women And War In Rwanda: Gender, Media And The Representation Of Genocide paperback english - 31 Oct 2019
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