THE PERFORMANCE OF MEMORY AS TRANSITIONAL JUSTICE

Based on case studies spanning time and geography from the Spanish to the Nigerian civil wars, to government repression in Argentina , genocidal policies in Guatemala and Rwanda and on to forced population removal in Australia and Israel, this collection represents a focused attempt to come to grips with some of the strategies used to express traumatic memory work. Together, the essays constitu te a kaleidoscope of new approaches to show how such performances of memory contribute to transitional justice efforts, demonstratin g the co...[Read more]