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Memory and trauma in the Kurdistan genocide.
- Source :
- Ethnicities; Jun2023, Vol. 23 Issue 3, p426-448, 23p
- Publication Year :
- 2023
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Abstract
- Memory and trauma are often considered to be interconnected social phenomena. Collective memory exists in every society, but when a particularly catastrophic event occurs, it leaves an impact on behavior, and enduring memories of a cultural trauma. This paper considers the changing social meanings of the Anfal, an act of genocide which occurred in Iraqi Kurdistan in 1988, and inquires whether the legacy of the Anfal can be most accurately characterized as a social memory or a cultural trauma. The paper uses a mixed methodology of historical research and a recent survey carried out among young people in Iraqi Kurdistan. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- EPISODIC memory
YOUNG adults
COLLECTIVE memory
GENOCIDE
SOCIAL facts
SOCIAL change
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14687968
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Ethnicities
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 163806082
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14687968221103254