In the midst of death we are in life... Biopolitics and beginning again in Rwanda

Social and Legal Studies

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-508

  McNamee, Eugene ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animality; Biopolitics; Genocide; Humanity; Rwanda; Sovereignty

Indexed keywords

EID: 35649004986     PISSN: 09646639     EISSN: 14617390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0964663907082732     Document Type: Article

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