Research Catalog

Title

Piece of war : narratives of resilience and hope / Meha Dixit.

Author

Dixit, Meha

Publication

Los Angeles : SAGE/Select, 2020.

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Details

Description

xxi, 251 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles; 23 cm

Summary

"This book is a culmination of over-a-decade-long field research in conflict and 'post-conflict' zones such as Afghanistan, Afghanistan-Pakistan border (Torkham-Landi Kotal), Lebanon including the Lebanon-Syria border, Sierra Leone, Kashmir Valley, India's Maoist-affected regions of Chhattisgarh adn Odisha, and Indo-Pakistan border in Jammu and Kashmir (J & K) along the International Border and Line of Control (LoC). It brings together the experiences of individuals in confict zones across different continents, particularly in Asia, Africa and Middle East"--Preface

Subject

• War and society
• Civilians in war
• War > Anecdotes
• War > Personal narratives
• War > Psychological aspects
• Guerre et société
• Guerre > Participation des civils
• Guerre > Anecdotes
• Guerre > Récits personnels
• Guerre > Aspect psychologique
• War

Genre/Form

• Personal Narrative
• Anecdotes
• Personal narratives
• Récits personnels.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Interpreting war -- Normalizing militarized violence -- Footprints and aftermath throughout generations -- Children of war -- Gendered violence -- Resilience, coping and hope.

ISBN

• 935388506X
• 9789353885069
• 9789353885083 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2020943968

OCLC

• 1196244780
• SCSB-14443691

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library