Exploring the Disjuncture Between the Politics of Trauma and Everyday Realities of Women in Afghanistan

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ID15439846
AuthorsParin Dossa (0000-0002-2280-3264, Simon Fraser University, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume5
Issue1
Pages8-21
Publication date2010-03-31
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Muslim Mental Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-4908 • E-ISSN: 1556-5009
PublisherMichigan Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1080/15564901003609414
OpenAlexW2031181459
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited18

This article makes a case for public recognition of the quotidian and everyday realities of Afghan women. It argues that it is within these spaces that war-related trauma and social suffering can be understood as part of the body politic, as opposed to the medicalized and individualized model of care. Body politics entails recognizing the emerging agency of subjects as global actors. Based on ethnographic research in Afghanistan in late 2008, the article maintains that the starting point of any work on trauma and recovery must acknowledge the initiatives taken by the people themselves, a task that requires exploration of spaces that we do not otherwise tread. Only then can social and health policies resonate with the lived realities of people

Afghan · Agency (philosophy · Body politic · Ethnography · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Global Security and Public Health · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East

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