5/27/2023 0 Comments The disappeared by kim echlinThis tension between immediate truth telling and artistic retelling is thus the main concern in this paper. Moreover, the emphasis on the concept of responsibility and truth-telling by many Cambodian scholars clearly indicates a privileging of an uncontested accuracy over artistic and creative representations in testimonies concerned with war and genocide. In addition, the intentional publication of testimonies and historical fiction on anniversaries that mark the genocide in Cambodia also ensure that the nation’s tragic past continues to remain in the public’s consciousness. The ongoing (though not progressive) Khmer Rouge tribunal and the active campaigning of war remembrance by diasporic Cambodian writers and artists have demanded a re-assessment of the Khmer Rouge period of Cambodia from 1975-1979. The genocide which occurred in Cambodia in the aftermath of the Vietnam War cannot be easily dismissed or ignored.
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