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Devon Hinton - Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom, and Recovery - 9781107069541 - V9781107069541
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Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom, and Recovery

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Description for Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom, and Recovery hardcover. Genocide and Mass Violence brings together a unique mix of anthropologists, psychiatrists, psychologists and historians to examine the effects of mass trauma. Editor(s): Hinton, Devon Emerson; Hinton, Alexander Laban. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 b/w illus. 11 tables. BIC Classification: HBTZ; JHM; MMJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 730.
What are the legacies of genocide and mass violence for individuals and the social worlds in which they live, and what are the local processes of recovery? Genocide and Mass Violence aims to examine, from a cross-cultural perspective, the effects of mass trauma on multiple levels of a group or society and the recovery processes and sources of resilience. How do particular individuals recall the trauma? How do ongoing reconciliation processes and collective representations of the trauma impact the group? How does the trauma persist in 'symptoms'? How are the effects of trauma transmitted across generations in memories, rituals, symptoms, ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781107069541
SKU
V9781107069541
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About Devon Hinton
Devon E. Hinton, MD, PhD, is an anthropologist and psychiatrist and an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital. His work has focused on culturally specific presentations of anxiety disorders, particularly trauma-related disorder, and culturally sensitive treatment of those disorders. He is the first author of more than 100 articles and chapters. He is the ... Read more

Reviews for Genocide and Mass Violence: Memory, Symptom, and Recovery
'Fascinating, compelling and challenging, Genocide and Mass Violence is terrific for reading and teaching. Trauma is one of the great topics of our age, yet we still do not understand trauma deeply, and its effects are contested and debated. This collection gives us evidence and arguments to help us form our own perspective on mass violence and its long-term consequences. ... Read more

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