Cultural genocide: law, politics, and global manifestations

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: bringing cultural genocide into the mainstream -- Significance and controversies -- Concluding note -- Notes -- References -- Part I: Cultural genocide in international law -- 1 Raphaël Lemkin: culture and cultural genocide -- The concept of culture in "cultural genocide" -- Lemkin: genocide as the destruction of nations -- Lemkin on group destruction in Axis Rule in Occupied Europe -- Culture and genocide -- Notes -- References -- 2 An historical perspective: the exclusion of cultural genocide from the genocide convention -- Introduction -- Overview of the drafting process -- Negotiating cultural genocide out of the UNGC -- Inserting the "colonial clause" -- Protecting the interests of the colonial powers -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3 A modern perspective: the current status of cultural genocide under international law -- Introduction -- A brief history of cultural genocide -- Modern treaty regimes and international human rights law -- Modern international criminal law -- The path forward -- Notes -- References -- Part II: Global manifestations of cultural genocide -- Section one: settler colonialism, forced assimilation, and -- 4 Destroying Indigenous cultures in the United States -- Introduction -- Defining cultural genocide -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 5 Genocide and settler colonialism: how a Lemkinian concept of genocide informs our understanding of the ongoing situation of the Guarani Kaiowá in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil -- Introduction -- Settler colonial genocide of indigenous peoples in Brazil -- Generous natives meet the Portuguese settlers -- False freedom -- The Figueiredo report -- The Truth Commission -- Indigenous rights subject to government politics.

This book explores concepts of Cultural genocide, its definitions, place in international law, the systems and methods that contribute to its manifestations, and its occurrences. Through a systematic approach and comprehensive analysis, international and interdisciplinary contributors from the fields of genocide studies, legal studies, criminology, sociology, archaeology, human rights, colonial studies, and anthropology examine the legal, structural, and political issues associated with cultural genocide. This includes a series of geographically representative case studies from the USA, Brazil, Australia, West Papua, Iraq, Palestine, Iran, and Canada. This volume is unique in its interdisciplinarity, regional coverage, and the various methods of cultural genocide represented, and will be of interest to scholars of genocide studies, cultural studies and human rights, international law, international relations, indigenous studies, anthropology, and history

This book explores concepts of Cultural genocide, its definitions, place in international law, the systems and methods that contribute to its manifestations, and its occurrences. Through a systematic approach and comprehensive analysis, international and interdisciplinary contributors from the fields of genocide studies, legal studies, criminology, sociology, archaeology, human rights, colonial studies, and anthropology examine the legal, structural, and political issues associated with cultural genocide. This includes a series of geographically representative case studies from the USA, Brazil, Australia, West Papua, Iraq, Palestine, Iran, and Canada. This volume is unique in its interdisciplinarity, regional coverage, and the various methods of cultural genocide represented, and will be of interest to scholars of genocide studies, cultural studies and human rights, international law, international relations, indigenous studies, anthropology, and history.