War and Embodied Memory - Becoming Disabled in Sierra Leone

This book describes how an amputee and war-wounded community was created after a decade long conflict (1991-2002) in Sierra Leone. Beginning with a general socio-cultural and historical analysis of what is understood by impairment and disability, it also explains how disability was politically created both during the conflict and post-conflict, as violence became part of the everyday. Despite participating in the neoliberal rebuilding of the nation state, ex-combatants and the security of the nation were the government's main priorities, not amputee and war-wounded people.

Sommario

Contents: Part I: Setting the scene: locating disability in Sierra Leone; Intersections between anthropology, disability, development and conflict; A general and socio-cultural analysis of impairment and disability; The political background of the creation of disability. Part II: Rebuilding and rehabilitating the nation state: creating national memory and disabled subjectivity?; Rebuilding the social world; Managing life as an individual?; Disability mainstreaming and social activism; Reparations, reintegration and peace; Looking to the future; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.

Info autore

Maria Berghs is a Research Fellow in Health Sciences at the University of York, UK.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Maria Berghs, Berghs Maria
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 09.09.2016
• EAN: 9781138247192
• ISBN: 978-1-138-24719-2
• Pagine: 274
• Categorie: Scienze naturali, medicina, informatica, tecnica > Geoscienze > Geografia; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Sociologia > Teorie sociologiche; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Geography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disease & Health Issues, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Disability: social aspects, Regional Geography, Armed Conflict, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Activism & Social Justice, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disability, Health, illness or addiction: social aspects