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Brown, Sara E.

Gender and the genocide in Rwanda : women as rescuers and perpetrators / Sara E. Brown. - 176 pages ; 24 cm. - Routledge studies in gender and security .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This book examines the mobilization, role, and trajectory of women rescuers and perpetrators during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. While much has been written about the victimization of women during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, very little has been said about women who rescued targeted victims or perpetrated crimes against humanity. This book explores and analyzes the role played by women who exercised agency as rescuers and as perpetrators during the genocide in Rwanda. As women, they took actions and decisions within the context of a deeply entrenched patriarchal system that limited their choices.--

ISBN: 1138043532 (hardback) 9781138043534 (hardback)

LCCN: 2017302690

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Genocide--Social aspects--Rwanda.
Women and human security--Rwanda.
Women and war--Rwanda.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rwanda--History--Women.--Civil War, 1994

LC Class. No.: HV6322.7 / .B77 2018

Dewey Class. No.: 304.6/63/082096757109049