@article{348694,
      recid = {348694},
      author = {Fujii, Lee Ann.},
      title = {Killing neighbors webs of violence in Rwanda / [electronic  resource] :},
      publisher = {Cornell University Press,},
      address = {Ithaca :},
      pages = {1 online resource (ix, 212 p.) :},
      year = {2009},
      note = {Published version of the author's thesis (Ph. D.)--George  Washington University, 2006.},
      abstract = {In the horrific events of the mid-1990s in Rwanda, tens of  thousands of Hutu killed their Tutsi friends, neighbors,  even family members. That ghastly violence has overshadowed  a fact almost as noteworthy: that hundreds of thousands of  Hutu killed no one. In a transformative revisiting of the  motives behind and specific contexts surrounding the  Rwandan genocide, the author focuses on individual actions  rather than sweeping categories. She argues that ethnic  hatred and fear do not satisfactorily explain the  mobilization of Rwandans one against another. Her extensive  interviews in Rwandan prisons and two rural communities  form the basis for her claim that mass participation in the  genocide was not the result of ethnic antagonisms. Rather,  the social context of action was critical. Strong group  dynamics and established local ties shaped patterns of  recruitment for and participation in the genocide. This web  of social interactions bound people to power holders and  killing groups. People joined and continued to participate  in the genocide over time, because killing in large groups  conferred identity on those who acted destructively. The  perpetrators of the genocide produced new groups centered  on destroying prior bonds by killing kith and kin.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/348694},
}