"WITNESSING" SOCIAL SUFFERING: Testimonial Narratives of Women from Afghanistan1

A reading of testimonial narratives of Afghan women from a low-income housing area in metropolitan Vancouver, British Columbia is presented. Their lives may be read within the context of "social suffering" - a term that suggests three scenarios: existential suffering, institutional respons...

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Published in:BC studies 2005-10 (147), p.27
Main Author: Dossa, Parin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access to Health Care
Afghani Canadians
Anthropology
Colonialism
Death
Females
Focus Groups
Hunger
Narratives
Pain
Participant Observation
Social Change
Suffering
Violence
Women
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Summary:A reading of testimonial narratives of Afghan women from a low-income housing area in metropolitan Vancouver, British Columbia is presented. Their lives may be read within the context of "social suffering" - a term that suggests three scenarios: existential suffering, institutional responses, and the remaking of worlds by those who have been victims of structural violence and war (Das and Kleinman 2001).
ISSN:0005-2949