Overview
- Format
- Book
- Published
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009
- Contents
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Introduction / Richard Ashby Wilson and Richard D. Brown
Histories and contexts
Mourning, pity, and the work of narrative in the making of "humanity" / Thomas W. Laqueur
Contemporary humanitarianism : the global and the local / David P. Forsythe
Humanitarian reading / Joseph R. Slaughter
Global media and the myths of humanitarian relief : the case of the 2004 Tsunami / Rony Brauman
Hard struggles of doubt : abolitionists and the problem of slave redemption / Margaret M.R. Kellow
"Starving Armenians" : the politics and ideology of humanitarian aid in the first decades of the twentieth century / Flora A. Keshgegian
International bystanders to the Holocaust and humanitarian intervention / Michael R. Marrus
Narratives and redress
Victims, relatives, and citizens in Argentina : whose voice is legitimate enough? / Elizabeth Jelin
Children, suffering, and the humanitarian appeal / Laura Suski
The physicality of legal consciousness : suffering and the production of credibility in refugee resettlement / Kristin Bergtora Sandvik
"Can you describe this?" : human rights reports and what they tell us about the human rights movement / Ron Dudai
Financial reparations, blood money, and human rights witness testimony : Morocco and Algeria / Susan Slymovics
Remnants and remains : narratives of suffering in post-genocide Rwanda's Gacaca courts / Lars Waldorf. - Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Richard Ashby Wilson and Richard D. Brown -- Histories and contexts -- Mourning, pity, and the work of narrative in the making of "humanity" / Thomas W. Laqueur -- Contemporary humanitarianism : the global and the local / David P. Forsythe -- Humanitarian reading / Joseph R. Slaughter -- Global media and the myths of humanitarian relief : the case of the 2004 Tsunami / Rony Brauman -- Hard struggles of doubt : abolitionists and the problem of slave redemption / Margaret M.R. Kellow -- "Starving Armenians" : the politics and ideology of humanitarian aid in the first decades of the twentieth century / Flora A. Keshgegian -- International bystanders to the Holocaust and humanitarian intervention / Michael R. Marrus -- Narratives and redress -- Victims, relatives, and citizens in Argentina : whose voice is legitimate enough? / Elizabeth Jelin -- Children, suffering, and the humanitarian appeal / Laura Suski -- The physicality of legal consciousness : suffering and the production of credibility in refugee resettlement / Kristin Bergtora Sandvik -- "Can you describe this?" : human rights reports and what they tell us about the human rights movement / Ron Dudai -- Financial reparations, blood money, and human rights witness testimony : Morocco and Algeria / Susan Slymovics -- Remnants and remains : narratives of suffering in post-genocide Rwanda's Gacaca courts / Lars Waldorf.
Physical Details
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- English
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- ISBN
- 9780521883856
0521883857 - Physical Description
- ix, 318 pages ; 24 cm
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Humanitarianism. Suffering. Empathy.
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