How gender shapes experiences and understandings of trauma

What is it about?

Taking case studies from a wide range of geographical and historical settings, this book explores how gender inflects experiences of and understandings of trauma. It argues that the very ordinariness of violence toward women underpins the inattention to the relationship between gender and trauma.

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Photo by Yaopey Yong on Unsplash

Photo by Yaopey Yong on Unsplash

Why is it important?

Attention and resources in trauma studies has been heavily oriented toward the experiences of (mostly male) combat veterans, with relatively little emphasis on women's traumatic experiences. This work draws attention to understudies contexts.