Representing mass violence : conflicting responses to human rights violations in Darfur / Joachim J. Savelsberg.

By: Savelsberg, Joachim J, 1951- [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2015]Copyright date: 2015Description: 1 online resource (359 pages) : illustrations, mapContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780520963085Subject(s): Violence -- Sudan -- Darfur al-Janubiyah (Province) -- Public opinion | Violence -- Press coverage -- Sudan -- Darfur al-Janubiyah (Province) | Human rights -- Sudan -- Darfur al-Janubiyah (Province) -- Public opinion | Human rights -- Press coverage -- Sudan -- Darfur al-Janubiyah (Province) | Sudan -- History -- Darfur Conflict, 2003- -- Foreign public opinion | Sudan -- History -- Darfur Conflict, 2003- -- Press coverage | Sudan -- History -- Darfur Conflict, 2003- -- Mass media and the conflictGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Representing mass violence : conflicting responses to human rights violations in Darfur.DDC classification: 962.404/3 LOC classification: DT159.6.D27 | S2548 2015Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Introduction : questions, theory, Darfur, data -- Setting the stage : Justice Cascade and Darfur -- The human rights field and Amnesty International -- American mobilization and the Justice Cascade -- The humanitarian aid field and Doctors without Borders -- The humanitarian complex and challenges to the justice : the case of Ireland -- Diplomatic representations of mass violence -- Diplomatic field in national contexts : deviations from the master narrative -- Mediating competing representations : the journalistic field -- Rules of the journalistic game, autonomy and the habitus of Africa correspondents -- Patterns of reporting : fields, countries, ideology and gender -- Conclusions : fields, the global versus the national and representations of mass violence.
Summary: "How do UN Security Council and International Criminal Court interventions, both part of the Justice Cascade, color representations of mass violence? What images of suffering and of responsible actors arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the case of Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg analyzes over three thousand news reports and opinion pieces and interviews leading newspaper correspondents, NGO experts, and foreign ministry officials from eight countries to show the dramatic differences in the framing of mass violence around the world and across social fields. Representing Mass Violence contributes to our understanding of how the world acknowledges and responds to violence in the Global South"--Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : questions, theory, Darfur, data -- Setting the stage : Justice Cascade and Darfur -- The human rights field and Amnesty International -- American mobilization and the Justice Cascade -- The humanitarian aid field and Doctors without Borders -- The humanitarian complex and challenges to the justice : the case of Ireland -- Diplomatic representations of mass violence -- Diplomatic field in national contexts : deviations from the master narrative -- Mediating competing representations : the journalistic field -- Rules of the journalistic game, autonomy and the habitus of Africa correspondents -- Patterns of reporting : fields, countries, ideology and gender -- Conclusions : fields, the global versus the national and representations of mass violence.

"How do UN Security Council and International Criminal Court interventions, both part of the Justice Cascade, color representations of mass violence? What images of suffering and of responsible actors arise instead from the humanitarianism and diplomacy fields? How are these competing perspectives communicated to the public via mass media? Zooming in on the case of Darfur, Joachim J. Savelsberg analyzes over three thousand news reports and opinion pieces and interviews leading newspaper correspondents, NGO experts, and foreign ministry officials from eight countries to show the dramatic differences in the framing of mass violence around the world and across social fields. Representing Mass Violence contributes to our understanding of how the world acknowledges and responds to violence in the Global South"--Provided by publisher.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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