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The Bone Woman by Clea Koff
Supplemental Bibliography


Books

Akçam, Taner. A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility. NY: Metropolitan Books, 2006.

Balakian, Peter. The Black Dog of Fate: a memoir. NY: Basic Books, 1997.

Brown, Dee Alexander. Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the West. NY: H. Holt, 1991.

Cappel, Constance. The Smallpox Genocide of the Odawa Tribe at L'Arbre Croche, 1763: The History of a Native American People. Lewiston, NY: Edwin Mellen P, 2007.

Chalk, Frank Robert, and Kurt Jonassohn. The History and Sociology of Genocide: Analyses and Case Studies. New Haven: Yale U P, 1990.

Hewitt, William. Defining the Horrific: Readings on Genocide and Holocaust in the 20th Century. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2004.

Jensen, Derrick. A Language Older Than Words. NY: Context Books, 2000.

Jonassohn, Kurt, and Karin Solveig Björnson. Genocide and Gross Human Rights Violations in Comparative Perspective. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers, 1998.

Koff, Clea. The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. NY: Random House, 2004.

McKiernan, Kevin. The Kurds A People in Search of Their Homeland. CD-ROM. Princeton, NJ: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2006.

Power, Samantha. A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide. NY: Perennial, 2003.

Smith, Andrea. Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide. Cambridge, MA: South End P, 2005.

Wiesel, Elie. From the Kingdom of Memory: Reminiscences. NY: Summit Books, 1990.

Wiesel, Elie, and Marion Wiesel. Night. NY: Hill and Wang, 2006.

Articles

Akhavan, Payam. “The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda: The Politics and Pragmatics of Punishment.” The American Journal of International Law 90.3 (1996): 501-510. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-
9300%28199607%2990%3A3%3C501%3ATICTFR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-A>.

Barnett, Michael N. “The UN Security Council, Indifference, and Genocide in Rwanda.” Cultural Anthropology 12.4 (1997): 551-578. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0886-
7356%28199711%2912%3A4%3C551%3ATUSCIA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-I>.

Destexhe, Alain. “The Third Genocide.” Foreign Policy 97 (Winter, 1994-1995): 3-17. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0015-
7228%28199424%2F199524%290%3A97%3C3%3ATTG%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P>.

Engle, Karen. “Feminism and Its (Dis)contents: Criminalizing Wartime Rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina.” The American Journal of International Law 99.4 (2005): 778-816. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-
9300%28200510%2999%3A4%3C778%3AFAI%28CW%3E2.0.CO%3B2-R>.

Karnik, Niranjan. “Rwanda & the Media: Imagery, War & Refuge.” Review of African Political Economy 25.78 (1998): 611-623. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0305-
6244%28199812%292%3A25%3A78%3C611%3AR%26TMIW%3E2.0.CO%3B2N>.

Longman, Timothy. “Church Politics and the Genocide in Rwanda.” Journal of Religion in Africa 31.2 (2001): 163-186. . JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0022-
4200%28200105%2931%3A2%3C163%3ACPATGI%3E2.0.CO%3B2W>.

Melson, Robert. “Paradigms of Genocide: The Holocaust, the Armenian Genocide, and Contemporary Mass Destructions.” Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 548 (1996): 156-168. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0002-
7162%28199611%29548%3C156%3APOGTHT%3E2.0.CO%3B2-B>.

---. “A Theoretical Inquiry into the Armenian Massacres of 1894-1896.” Comparative Studies in Society and History 24.3 (1982): 481-509. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 2 April 2008 < http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0010-
4175%28198207%2924%3A3%3C481%3AATIITA%3E2.0.CO%3B2-Q>.

Melvern, Linda. “The Security Council: Behind the Scenes.” International Affairs 77.1 (2001): 101-111. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-
5850%28200101%2977%3A1%3C101%3ATSCBTS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-C>.

Pieterse, Jan Nederveen. “Sociology of Humanitarian Intervention: Bosnia, Rwanda and Somalia Compared.” International Political Science Review / Revue internationale de science politique 18.1 (1997): 71-93. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0192-
5121%28199701%2918%3A1%3C71%3ASOHIBR%3E2.0.CO%3B2-V>.

Rudolph, Christopher. “Constructing an Atrocities Regime: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals.” International Organization 55.3 (2001): 655-691. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-
8183%28200122%2955%3A3%3C655%3ACAARTP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-9>.

Simons, Lewis M. “Genocide and the Science of Proof.” National Geographic. Jan. 2006: 28-35.

Staub, Ervin. “Genocide and Mass Killing: Origins, Prevention, Healing and Reconciliation.” Political Psychology 21.2 (2000): 367-382. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0162-
895X%28200006%2921%3A2%3C367%3AGAMKOP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-J>.

Verdirame, Guglielmo. “The Genocide Definition in the Jurisprudence of the ad hoc Tribunals.” The International and Comparative Law Quarterly 49 3 (2000): 578-598. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008

Wood, William B. “Geographic Aspects of Genocide: A Comparison of Bosnia and Rwanda.” Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 26.1 (2001): 57-75. JSTOR. SUNY College at Brockport Lib., Brockport, NY. 1 April 2008 <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-
2754%282001%292%3A26%3A1%3C57%3AGAOGAC%3E2.0.CO%3B2-P>.

Films

A Century of Genocide in the Americas: The Residential School Experience. Dir. Rosemary Gibbons and Thomas Dax. Videocassette. No Damn Eagles Productions, 2002.

Ararat. Dir. Atom Egoyan. Perf. Christopher Plummer, Charles Aznavour, and Eric Bogosian. Miramax, 2002.

Beyond Rangoon. Dir. John Boorman. Perf. Patricia Arquette, Frances McDormand, and Spalding Gray. Castle Rock Entertainment, 1995.

Europa, Europa. Dir. Agnieszka Holland. Perf. Marco Hofschneider and Julie Delpy. Central Cinema Company Film, 1990.

Genocide. Dir. Arnold Schwartzman. Perf. Elizabeth Taylor and Orson Welles. Simon Wiesenthal Center, 1982.

Hotel Rwanda. Dir. Terry George. Perf. Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, and Nick Nolte. United Artists, 2004.

The Last King of Scotland. Dir. Kevin Macdonald. Perf. Forest Whitaker, James McAvoy, and Gillian Anderson. DNA Films, 2006.

The Killing Fields. Dir. Roland Joffé. Perf. Sam Waterston, Haing S. Ngor, John Malkovich, and Julian Sands. Engima (First Casualty) Ltd., 1984.

Life is Beautiful. Dir. Roberto Benigni. Perf. Roberto Benigni and Nicoletta Braschi. Cecchi Gori Group Tiger Cinematografica, 1997.

Night and Fog. Dir. Alain Resnais. Argos Films, 1955.

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Dir. Caspar Wrede. Perf. Tom Courtenay. Group W Films LLC, 1970.

Paper Clips. Dir. Elliot Berlin and Joe Fab. Perf. Tom Bosley, Linda Hooper, Sandra Roberts, and Dagmar Schroeder-Hildebrand. Ergo Entertainment, 2004.

The Pawnbroker. Dir. Sidney Lumet. Perf. Rod Steiger and Geraldine Fitzgerald. Landau Company, 1964.

Romero. Dir. John Duigan. Perf. Raul Julia. Paulist Pictures, 1989.

Schindler's List. Dir. Steven Spielberg. Perf. Liam Neeson, Ben Kingsley, and Ralph Fiennes. Amblin Entertainment, 1993.

Sometimes in April. Dir. Raoul Peck. Perf. Idris Elba, Carole Karemera, and Pamela Nomvete. Cinefacto, 2005.

Sophie's Choice. Dir. Alan J. Pakula. Perf. Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol. Incorporated Television Company, 1982.

Sunshine. Dir. István Szabó. Perf. Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, and Jennifer Ehle. Alliance Atlantis Communications, 1999.

The Pianist. Dir. Roman Polanski. Perf. Adrien Brody and Thomas Kretschmann. R.P. Productions, 2002.

Interviews

Koff, Clea. Interview. NOW PBS. 9 July 2004. 1 April 2008 <http://www.pbs.org/now/science/koff.html>.

Koff, Clea with Marshall Warfield. “That Desire: An Interview with Clea Koff.” Nidus 7 (2004). 1 April 2008 <http://www.pitt.edu/~nidus/archives/fall2004/current/koff.int.html>.

Miscellaneous

Truth Commission into Genocide in Canada and Kevin D. Annett. Hidden from History: The Canadian Holocaust : the Untold Story of the Genocide of Aboriginal Peoples by Church and State in Canada. Canada: The Commission, 2001. <http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0020-
5893%28200007%2949%3A3%3C578%3ATGDITJ%3E2.0.CO%3B2-
X>.

Who Owns the Body International Human Rights Conference, Eric Stover, William D. Haglund, Laurie Vollen, and Amor Masovic. Who Owns the Body? International Human Rights Conference. 2, The Body and the State. Panel 1: Witnesses from the Grave : Mass Graves and Communities of Loss. Videocassette. California: U of California Regents, 2000.