1 Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. List of Abbreviations VII
4. 1 Introduction 1
5. Part I: Mass Violence as Social Interaction
6. 2 Festive Days of Killing: Enacting a New Social Order in Rwanda, 1994 25
7. 3 Sounds of a Massacre: Chuknagar, East Pakistan, 1971 64
8. 4 Crowd Violence in East Pakistan/Bangladesh 1971–1972 88
9. 5 Narratives of Suffering: Soviet Movies About World War II 111
10. Part II: Conditions of Violence
11. 6 Famines and Imperialism: For a Different History of World War II 151
12. 7 COVID-19 as Mass Violence 223
13. 8 Conclusion 247
14. Acknowledgments 257
15. Bibliography 259
16. Index 285