Perpetual War with the Brother Nation

An Analysis of Ukrainian Veterans, Cultural Identity and Historical Trauma

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ID12914864
AuthorsRoberto Cancio (0000-0002-3816-8496, Loyola Marymount University), Andria Timmer (0000-0002-6523-5711, University of Miami, corresponding author), Marisa Omori (0000-0002-9929-4349, University of Miami)
Year2018
Volume13
Issue3
Pages219-236
Publication date2018-12-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of War and Culture Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1752-6272 • E-ISSN: 1752-6280
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/17526272.2018.1558536
OpenAlexW2903623547
LanguageEN
Citations received7
References cited27

Understanding historical and cultural dimensions of pain is an area relatively understudied by scholars. This is particularly the case for those affected by war, such as combat veterans. Using in-depth interviews, this study analyses interpretations of the pain by Ukrainian combat veterans serving in the current war in the east of Ukraine. Our findings reveal two core themes that shape meanings of pain: Ukrainian cultural identity and historical trauma. Being Ukrainian is a salient construct, shaped by respondents’ identities as soldiers, nationality, and the understanding of pain as an integral part of Ukrainian soldiers’ identity. Historical trauma is experienced more broadly as a nation and is drawn from shared experiences of pain that transcend through history, as Ukraine has wavered between legitimacy as a sovereign state and colony of a ‘brother-nation’ to Russia

Aesthetics · Art · Brother · Construct (python library · Historical trauma · Identity (music · Immigration · Legitimacy · Nationality · Political science · Politics · Salient · Sociology · Sovereignty · Ukrainian · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Law · Migration, Health and Trauma · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology

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