The
Genres of Post-Conflict Testimonies
Edited
by Cristina Demaria and Macdonald Daly
Year of Publication: 2009
Post-conflict cultures are defined by the different ways (practices, texts, behaviours, rituals) in which they re-write, re-constitute, and work through their contrasting, abused, competing memories and traumas. Bringing together academic experts and leading practitioners from a variety of culotural, literary and sociological disciplines, The Genres of Post-Conflict Testimonies investigates how cultures are influenced and transformed after conflict by looking at testimony as a particular practice of representation. The book examines the many genres of testimonies which have not only been used, but also created and re-created, when the urgent need is to bear witness to violence. It will be of direct interest to scholars and practitioners working in international relations, politics, literary and cultural studies, peace studies and human rights.
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Cristina Demaria teaches at the University of Bologna, Dipartimento di Discipline della Comunicazione. She has worked on media and television and has published Teorie di genere. Femminismo, critica post-coloniale e semiotica (Bompiani, 2003) and Semiotica e memoria: analisi del post-conflitto (Rome: Carocci, 2006)
Macdonald Daly is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture, Film and Media, University of Nottingham..