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Full Issue 14.2 Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal Volume 14 Issue 2 Denial Article 2 9-4-2020 Full Issue 14.2 Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp Recommended Citation (2020) "Full Issue 14.2," Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal: Vol. 14: Iss. 2: 1-181. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.14.2 Available at: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol14/iss2/2 This Front Matter is brought to you for free and open access by the Open Access Journals at Scholar Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal by an authorized editor of Scholar Commons. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Full Issue 14.2 Erratum Footnotes omitted in "'The Jews love numbers': Steven L. Anderson, Christian Conspiracists, and the Spiritual Dimensions of Holocaust Denial" are available for download in Supplemental Content as errata. This front matter is available in Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal: https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/vol14/iss2/2 ISSN 1911-0359 eISSN 1911-9933 Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal Volume 14.2 - 2020 ii ©2020 Genocide Studies and Prevention 14 no. 2 iii Genocide Studies and Prevention: An International Journal http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/gsp/ Volume 14.2 - 2020 Editorials Christian Gudehus, Fiza Lee Winter, Laura Collins, Daniel Bultmann, Georgina Holmes, Roland Moerland, Diana I. Popescu, JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, Bablu Chakma, Liam Scott and Filip Strandberg Hassellind Editors’ Introduction ................................................................................................................1 Articles Yasmeen Jabeen Denying the Animosity: Understanding Narratives of Harmony from the Nellie Massacre, 1983 ...............................................................................................................2 Dilşa Deniz Re-assessing the Genocide of Kurdish Alevis in Dersim, 1937-38 ............................. 20 Matthew H. Brittingham “The Jews love numbers”: Steven L. Anderson, Christian Conspiracists, and the Spiritual Dimensions of Holocaust Denial ................................................... 44 Nora Nunn Rose-Colored Genocide: Hollywood, Harmonizing Narratives, and the Cinematic Legacy of Anne Frank’s Diary in the United States ...............................................................65 Ñusta P. Carranza Ko Making the Case for Genocide, the Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Peoples of Peru ........90 Lauren J. Eichler Ecocide Is Genocide: Decolonizing the Definition of Genocide ............................................104 Eitan Ginzberg Genocide and the Hispanic-American Dilemma ..................................................................122 Jean-Damascène Gasanabo, Donatien Nikuze, Hollie Nyseth Brehm and Hannah Parks Rwanda’s Inyangamugayo: Perspectives from Practitioners in the Gacaca Transitional Justice Mechanism ...........................................................................................153 ©2020 Genocide Studies and Prevention 14, no. 2 iv Book Reviews Sources of Holocaust Insight by John K. Roth, reviewed by James J. Snow ................................................................173 Morris and Ze’evei TheThirty-Year Genocide by Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi, reviewed by Steven A. Usitalo ............................176 The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries: Naval Commanders Report and Protest Death Marches and Massacres in Turkey’s Pontus Region, 1921–1922 by Robert Shenk and Sam Koktzoglou, reviewed by Thomas Blake Earle ..............179 ©2020 Genocide Studies and Prevention 14, no. 2 iv Book Reviews Sources of Holocaust Insight by John K. Roth, reviewed by James J. Snow ................................................................173 Morris and Ze’evei TheThirty-Year Genocide by Benny Morris and Dror Ze’evi, reviewed by Steven A. Usitalo ............................176 The Greek Genocide in American Naval War Diaries: Naval Commanders Report and Protest Death Marches and Massacres in Turkey’s Pontus Region, 1921–1922 by Robert Shenk and Sam Koktzoglou, reviewed by Thomas Blake Earle ..............179 ©2020 Genocide Studies and Prevention 14, no. 2 Editors’ Introduction The consistent problem of widespread genocide denial is not matched by a wealth of scholarship examining the dynamics of its denial. This issue of Genocide Studies and Prevention is thus divided into two parts; one, which seeks to address this lacuna with articles that address a range of case studies, from the Holocaust to lesser known examples including violent events in India and Turkey, and the other, case studies which reflect various aspects tangential to the issue of denial. In doing so, these articles deepen the scholarly conversation on genocide denial. Termed as the “final stage of genocide,” the denial of genocide is not simply a case of genocidal perpetrators promulgating a revised version of history or stating events did not occur. Rather, as the articles in the first part of this symposium suggest, we must reflect on what we understand when the label of genocide is denied or applied to particular events. With such a wide range of historical and contemporary case studies, the potential is clear for sparking new lines of inquiry and new frames to investigate the issue of genocide denial. It is also our hope that the selected contributions will encourage further research, expanding and delving into denials’ many contexts and forms. The second part of this issue has a few articles that do not fall entirely within the theme of denial. However, these submissions are well within the themes and topics we address in GSP and, therefore, have been included in this issue. This was all the more appropriate given how aspects of denial are implied and, specifically when the discussions in some of these submissions problematize the (legal) definition of genocide. GSP recognizes and celebrates the increasing creativity academics engage in to express their arguments, from in-depth case study work using qualitative interviews, archives, and ethnographic methods to an analysis of social and audiovisual materials including cinema, online videos, and discussion platforms. This innovation reflects the diverse fora through which the dynamics of genocide denial manifest. Taken together, the editorial board welcomes a stimulating discussion based on these diverse submissions on the issue of genocide denial as well as the issues raised by the other articles included in this issue. We would like to extend a hearty thanks to our Guest Editor, Thomas Earl Porter, for his work and collaboration with us in making this special issue possible. Lastly, we also extend a special thanks to our anonymous peer reviewers and the authors themselves for their considerable time and efforts in the review and editorial process in bringing these articles through to publication. Christian Gudehus Fiza Lee Winter Laura Collins Daniel Bultmann Georgina Holmes Roland Moerland Diana I. Popescu JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz Bablu Chakma Liam Scott Filip Strandberg Hassellind Christian Gudehus, Fiza Lee Winter, Laura Collins, Daniel Bultmann, Georgina Holmes, Roland Moerland, Diana I. Popescu, JoAnn DiGeorgio-Lutz, Bablu Chakma, Liam Scott andFilip Strandberg Hassellind. “Editors’ Introduction.” Genocide Studies and Prevention 14, 2 (2020): 1. ©2020 Genocide Studies and Prevention. https://doi.org/10.5038/1911-9933.14.2.1801 Denying the Animosity: Understanding Narratives of Harmony from the Nellie Massacre, 1983 Jabeen Yasmeen Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Maharashtra, India Introduction In early 2019, India geared up for another general election that would decide if the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi would return to power.1 On the one hand, supporters of Modi vouched for his charisma and the realization of developments promised in the campaigns during the last general election in 2014; but on the other, critics predicted that the threat to the constitutional pillar of secularism may be reinforced with renewed vigor if the BJP returned to power.2 This fear was based on varied developments in the country from 2014–2019. One of them was the fear of the disenfranchisement of about four million people in the state of Assam. The release of the National Register for Citizens (NRC) in Assam had almost four million names missing from its final draft, which threatened to create the largest potential cluster of stateless people, a majority of them being Muslims of East Bengal origin.3 In addition, the Citizenship Amendment Bill of 2016 proposed that citizenship be given to refugees belonging to six persecuted communities from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, which excluded Muslims. These both signal the dangerous shifting of India toward the idea of a pro-Hindu right-wing nation.4 The Citizenship Amendment Bill of 2016 was passed into an Act on December 2019, which led to widespread protests throughout, as well as beyond India;5 these protests were ongoing during the writing of this paper in 2019/2020. Observers equate the Act’s exclusion of Muslims, along with the provisions of the NRC as an early stage of genocide.6 It resonates with Gregory H. Stanton’s identification of the early stages of genocide, which may not be linear.7 The atmosphere of fear generated during the first term of the BJP government became more tangible during its second term. As the country
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