The collective body : challenging western concepts of trauma and healing

Alcinda Manuel Honwana

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Memory, History, Trauma, Identity Memory, violence, and history Memory, Trauma, and Testimony

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'Post-traumatic stress syndrome has been a widespread diagnosis for persons suffering through intense conflict, particularly soldiers returning home from war. Anthropologist Alcinda Honwana argues against its universality, suggesting that trauma and healing - as evidenced in Mozambique and Angola - is much more culturally specific.

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