Articulating Childhood Trauma: In the Context of War, Sexual Abuse and Disability

The book explores childhood trauma through themes of war, sexual abuse, and disability, analyzing how conflict, abuse, domestic violence, gender construction, and ableism affect a child's interactions with society. It examines complex manifestations of trauma and seeks to understand translatability/representation issues, considering children's lack of language to express their sense of loss. Academicians and research scholars from various disciplines will benefit from the insights provided in this volume, contributing to further research and scholarship in the field.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 27 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

The book delves into the critical need to examine childhood trauma, encompassing themes such as war, sexual abuse, and disability. Through narratives drawn from diverse spatial, temporal, and cultural contexts, the book analyzes how conflict, abuse, domestic violence, gender constructs, and narratives of ableism shape a child's interactions with society. While exploring the intricate manifestations of children's trauma experiences, the volume aims to understand the challenges associated with translating/representing trauma, particularly considering that children often lack the language to express their sense of loss. In its exploration of childhood trauma, the book conducts a close exegesis of select literary pieces, drawings created by children, memoirs, and graphic narratives.

Academicians and research scholars from various disciplines, including childhood studies, trauma studies, resilience studies, visual studies, gender studies, cultural studies, disability studies, and film studies, will greatly benefit from this volume. The ideas expressed herein will make substantial contributions to further research and scholarship in this field.

Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032705293