Memory Politics after Mass Violence by Timothy Williams - 9781529227581

Memory Politics after Mass ViolenceAttributing Roles in the Memoryscape\nAuthor(s): Timothy Williams\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bristol University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bristol University Press\nISBN-13: 9781529227581, 978-1529227581\nSynopsis\nThis book explores how political actors draw on memories of violent pasts to generate political power and legitimacy in the present. Drawing on fieldwork in post-violence Cambodia, Rwanda and Indonesia, the book demonstrates in what way power is derived from how roles are assigned, exploring who is deemed a perpetrator, victim or hero, as well as ambivalences in this memory. \n\nThe author interrogates the ways in which these roles are attributed and ambivalences created in each societys political discourses, transitional justice processes and cultural heritage. The comparative empirical analysis illustrates the importance of memory for political power and legitimacy today.