ABSTRACT
Studies on the aesthetic representations of atrocity the world over have taken different discursive dimensions from history, sociology, political to human rights. These perspectives are usually geared towards understanding the manifestations, extent, political and economic implications of atrocities. In all these cases, representation has been the singular concern. Cultural Archives of Atrocity: Essays on the Protest Tradition in Kenyan Literature, Culture and Society brings together generic ways of interrogating artistic representations of atrocity in Kenya. Couched on interdisciplinary, multidisciplinary and cross-disciplinary approaches, essays in this volume investigate representations of Atrocity in Kenyan Literature, Film, Popular Music and other mediated cultural art forms. Contributors to this volume not only bring on board multiple and competing perspectives on studying atrocity and how they are archived but provide refreshing and valuable insights in examining the artistic and cultural interpellations of atrocity within the socio-political imaginaries of the Kenyan nation. This volume forms part of the growing critical resources for scholars undertaking studies on atrocity within the fields of ethnic studies, cultural studies, postcolonial studies, peace and conflict, criminology, psychology, political economy and history in Kenya.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|172 pages
Representations of Atrocity in the Contemporary Kenyan Novel
part 2|45 pages
Narrating Mau Mau Violence and Trauma in the Kenyan Novel
part 3|84 pages
Representations of Atrocity in Popular Arts
chapter 15|16 pages
Between Fait Accompli and Eruptions of Violence
chapter 17|18 pages
Screening Violence and Reconciliation
chapter 18|15 pages
Bestial Zoosemic Labelling in Kenyan Political Songs
part 4|38 pages
Representations of Atrocity in Kenyan Poetry