Half-widows: silent victims of the Kashmir conflict
| Autor: | Mohmad Saleem Jahangir, Wasia Hamid, Tanveer Ahmad Khan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cultural Studies
Archeology 060101 anthropology History Sociology and Political Science 05 social sciences General Social Sciences Identity (social science) Gender studies 06 humanities and the arts medicine.disease 0506 political science Anthropology 050602 political science & public administration medicine 0601 history and archaeology Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Psychological trauma |
| Zdroj: | Race & Class. 62:88-105 |
| ISSN: | 1741-3125 0306-3968 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/0306396821989199 |
| Popis: | The long-standing conflict in Jammu and Kashmir has resulted in the enforced disappearance of thousands of married men, which has left their wives with a new fractured identity as a ‘half-widow’. Uncertain whether their husbands are dead or alive; their status is in limbo, leading to pervasive economic, social, legal and psychological problems. This article builds upon interviews with fourteen half-widows, aiming to gain an in-depth understanding of their lived experiences and the social trauma they face, including economic hardship, social stigmatisation and psychological trauma produced by their unresolved grief – which fluctuates between anguish over the possibility of death, and hope that their loved one will return. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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