Aftermath of 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence

A Transgenerational Trauma-informed Perspective
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-032-39655-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 152 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Mental Health Experiences among Vulnerable Groups

This book explores the inheritance of trauma, distress, and healing from one generation of survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence to the next. It looks at this dyadic relationship and the post-violence context that is marked by their experience of injustice.

The book highlights the psycho-social impacts of violence on survivors and their families' everyday struggles against conditions of injustice, marginalization, deprivation, stigma, and threat to one’s individual and collective identity. Through interviews and ethnographic explorations, it analyses the lived experiences of survivors, understanding the everyday struggles of suffering and healing and their relationship with their families and the next generation.

This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, trauma studies, clinical psychology, health psychology, qualitative research, and social psychology. It will also be useful for those interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on mental health, trauma and disaster mental health, ethnography, and qualitative research methodology.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Khanna, Anuja

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Stadt- und Regionalsoziologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Regionalwissenschaften, Regionalstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychotherapie / Klinische Psychologie Psychopathologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Sozialpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgments
1 Loss and Ensuing Injustice: Contours of 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence

2 Trauma and its Trans-generational Transfer: Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives
3 Ethnographic Explorations from the Field
4 Fending for the Family: Stepping out as “Widows” in the Patriarchal World
5 Dyad Grappling with Problems of Drug Addiction: The Bi-Directional Demoralization
6 Dyad that Echoed the Voice of Strength
7 Trans-generational Trauma and Healing in the post-Violence Settings; Lessons from 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence
Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Anuja Khanna holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Indian Institute of Psychology (IIT) Kanpur, India. She has completed her bachelor's and master's also in Psychology from University of Delhi, India. Her interest lies in the area of disaster mental health, particularly in the domain of suffering and healing.