David E. Lorey is program officer for the U.S.-Latin American Relations Program at the Hewlett Foundation. William H. Beezley is one of the pioneers of the cultural history of Mexico and has authored and co-authored several books.

How did nations and communities respond to the aftermath of genocide and collective violence in the twentieth century? How have nations sought to achieve 'reconciliation' with a legacy of state-sponsored terrorism, systematic torture and repression, massacres, mass graves, forced disappearances, and 'ethnic cleansing'? This broad-ranging collection of articles seeks to answer these questions by drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. A powerful introduction to the politics of history and the cultural history of social memory, this is an ideal reader for undergraduate and graduate courses on human rights, international law, social psychology, and world history, especially the complex history of historical construction and reconstruction of a violent 'past' as part of the present.

• Part 1 I Latin AmericaChapter 2 Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to DemocracyChapter 3 Layers of Memories: Twenty Years after in ArgentinaChapter 4 The Unmaking of Rigoberta MenchuPart 5 II AfricaChapter 6 Ethnicity and the Politics of History in RwandaChapter 7 The Burdens of Truth: An Evalution of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionPart 8 III AsiaChapter 9 The Cambodian Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: National NarrativeChapter 10 Buajingan! Indonesian Art, Literature, and State Violence around the Downfall of President SoehartoChapter 11 Mnemosyne Abroad: Reflections on the Chinese and Jewish Commitment to RemembranceChapter 12 Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater in Modern ChinaPart 13 IV Germany and Japan: Legacies of World WarChapter 14 War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of GermanyChapter 15 Photography, National Identity, and the 'Cataract of Times' : Wartime Images and the Case of Japan

David E. Lorey is program officer for the U.S.-Latin American Relations Program at the Hewlett Foundation. William H. Beezley is one of the pioneers of the cultural history of Mexico and has authored and co-authored several books.

How did nations and communities respond to the aftermath of genocide and collective violence in the twentieth century? How have nations sought to achieve 'reconciliation' with a legacy of state-sponsored terrorism, systematic torture and repression, massacres, mass graves, forced disappearances, and 'ethnic cleansing'? This broad-ranging collection of articles seeks to answer these questions by drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. A powerful introduction to the politics of history and the cultural history of social memory, this is an ideal reader for undergraduate and graduate courses on human rights, international law, social psychology, and world history, especially the complex history of historical construction and reconstruction of a violent 'past' as part of the present.

• Part 1 I Latin AmericaChapter 2 Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to DemocracyChapter 3 Layers of Memories: Twenty Years after in ArgentinaChapter 4 The Unmaking of Rigoberta MenchuPart 5 II AfricaChapter 6 Ethnicity and the Politics of History in RwandaChapter 7 The Burdens of Truth: An Evalution of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionPart 8 III AsiaChapter 9 The Cambodian Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: National NarrativeChapter 10 Buajingan! Indonesian Art, Literature, and State Violence around the Downfall of President SoehartoChapter 11 Mnemosyne Abroad: Reflections on the Chinese and Jewish Commitment to RemembranceChapter 12 Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater in Modern ChinaPart 13 IV Germany and Japan: Legacies of World WarChapter 14 War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of GermanyChapter 15 Photography, National Identity, and the 'Cataract of Times' : Wartime Images and the Case of Japan

David E. Lorey is program officer for the U.S.-Latin American Relations Program at the Hewlett Foundation. William H. Beezley is one of the pioneers of the cultural history of Mexico and has authored and co-authored several books.

How did nations and communities respond to the aftermath of genocide and collective violence in the twentieth century? How have nations sought to achieve 'reconciliation' with a legacy of state-sponsored terrorism, systematic torture and repression, massacres, mass graves, forced disappearances, and 'ethnic cleansing'? This broad-ranging collection of articles seeks to answer these questions by drawing on case studies from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and Europe. A powerful introduction to the politics of history and the cultural history of social memory, this is an ideal reader for undergraduate and graduate courses on human rights, international law, social psychology, and world history, especially the complex history of historical construction and reconstruction of a violent 'past' as part of the present.

• Part 1 I Latin AmericaChapter 2 Irruptions of Memory: Expressive Politics in Chile's Transition to DemocracyChapter 3 Layers of Memories: Twenty Years after in ArgentinaChapter 4 The Unmaking of Rigoberta MenchuPart 5 II AfricaChapter 6 Ethnicity and the Politics of History in RwandaChapter 7 The Burdens of Truth: An Evalution of the Psychological Support Services and Initiatives undertaken by the South African Truth and Reconciliation CommissionPart 8 III AsiaChapter 9 The Cambodian Tuol Sleng Museum of Genocidal Crimes: National NarrativeChapter 10 Buajingan! Indonesian Art, Literature, and State Violence around the Downfall of President SoehartoChapter 11 Mnemosyne Abroad: Reflections on the Chinese and Jewish Commitment to RemembranceChapter 12 Acting Out Democracy: Political Theater in Modern ChinaPart 13 IV Germany and Japan: Legacies of World WarChapter 14 War Stories: The Search for a Usable Past in the Federal Republic of GermanyChapter 15 Photography, National Identity, and the 'Cataract of Times' : Wartime Images and the Case of Japan