In Search of Return: Mourning the Disappearances in Kashmir Contributor(s): Haq, Shifa (Author) |
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ISBN: 1498582486 ISBN-13: 9781498582483 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $109.89 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Grief & Loss - Psychology | Clinical Psychology - Psychology | Social Psychology |
Dewey: 362.870 |
LCCN: 2020039178 |
Physical Information: 0.56" H x 6" W x 9" (0.94 lbs) 172 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Beginning in 1989, more than 8,000 men disappeared in Kashmir. These disappearances were publicly denied, leaving mourners to grapple with unrecognized grief. Drawn from ten years of psycho-historical research in Kashmir, Shifa Haq reflects on the bereaved families' intricate experiences of mourning. Haq expands the psychoanalytic understanding of loss and argues for a mourning that includes porous affective links with the political. |