Title Show time : the logic and power of violent display / Lee Ann Fujii ; edited by Martha Finnemore ; epilogue by Elisabeth Jean Wood

Published Ithaca [New York] Cornell University Press 2021 ©2021

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 220 pages) Contents Fixations : The making and unmaking of categories -- Rehearsal -- Main Attraction -- Intermission -- Sideshow -- Encore -- Fictions -- Epilogue Summary "Analyzes the political violence in Rwanda alongside mass murder in Bosnia and the lynching of African Americans in the United States during the Jim Crow era to show how violent acts have been 'choreographed' not only to damage and kill victims but also to make an impact on observers, neighbors, and the larger society"-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 25, 2021) Subject Violence -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century Violence -- Psychological aspects -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Social aspects -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century Genocide -- Social aspects -- Rwanda -- History -- 20th century Massacres -- Social aspects -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History -- 20th century Political violence -- Social aspects -- Bosnia and Herzegovina -- History -- 20th century Lynching -- Social aspects -- Maryland -- History -- 20th century SOCIAL SCIENCE / Violence in Society Violence -- Psychological aspects Violence -- Social aspects Bosnia and Herzegovina Maryland Rwanda Genre/Form History Form Electronic book Author Finnemore, Martha, editor. Wood, Elisabeth Jean, 1957- writer of supplementary textual content. LC no. 2020051079 ISBN 150175856X 9781501758553 1501758551 9781501758560

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