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- Traumatic States: Gendered Violence, Suffering, and Care in Chile
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: Vanderbilt University Press
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The end of the Pinochet regime in Chile saw the emergence of an organized feminist movement that influenced legal and social responses to gender-based violence, and with it new laws and avenues for reporting violence that never before existed. What emerged were grassroots women's rights organizations, challenging and engaging the government and NGOs to confront long-ignored problems in responding to marginalized victims.
In Traumatic States, anthropologist Nia Parson explores the development of methods of care and recovery from domestic violence. She interviews and contextualizes the lives of numerous individuals who have confronted these acts, as victims, authorities, and activists. Ultimately, Traumatic States argues that facing the challenges of healing both body and mind, and addressing the fundamental inequalities that make those challenges even more formidable, are part of the same battle.
In Traumatic States, anthropologist Nia Parson explores the development of methods of care and recovery from domestic violence. She interviews and contextualizes the lives of numerous individuals who have confronted these acts, as victims, authorities, and activists. Ultimately, Traumatic States argues that facing the challenges of healing both body and mind, and addressing the fundamental inequalities that make those challenges even more formidable, are part of the same battle.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. ix-xviii
- 1. Unfinished Care
- pp. 9-39
- 6. Contingencies of Care
- pp. 137-158
- Appendix 1: Life History Interviews
- pp. 169-172
- Appendix 2
- pp. 173-174
- Works Cited
- pp. 185-200
Additional Information
ISBN
9780826518972
Related ISBN(s)
9780826518958
MARC Record
OCLC
840257032
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-19
Language
English
Open Access
No