Memory and the social meanings of famine

Alex de Waal

Third World Quarterly, 2024, vol. 45, issue 2, 439-443

Abstract: Famine theory has overlooked the role of memory in constituting the social meaning of famine. This seminal collection of papers restores the cross-disciplinary study of famines, foregrounding social anthropology, history and comparative politics, in the question of how famines are understood by those in the afflicted societies, and how memories and meanings are shaped by social and political context. The collection plays an important role in focussing attention on transitional justice mechanisms for starvation crimes.

Date: 2024
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DOI: 10.1080/01436597.2023.2219609

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