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Author Agger, Inger.

Title The blue room : trauma and testimony among refugee women : a psycho-social exploration / Inger Agger ; translated by Mary Bille
Published London ; New Jersey : Zed Books, 1994

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Description 138 pages ; 23 cm
Contents 1. In The Blue Room. The ritual space of the Blue Room. Gender-specific abuse. The testimony. Sexual trauma and victimization. Form and process of the meeting. The women participants. The researcher/therapist: relationship to participants -- 2. The Daughter's Room. The girl's blood. The virginal borderland. The man's blood -- 3. The Father's Room. In the public space. In the private space. The meeting with Leila -- 4. The Cell. Outside the walls. Inside the walls. The meeting with Ana. The political technology of the female body -- 5. The Mother's Room. Inside the space of the body. Outside the space of the body -- 6. The Living Room. Arrivals. Daily life. Sexual rebellion -- 7. On The Veranda. Rituals and healing. A healing circle
Analysis Women Abuse
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 129-134) and index
Notes Translation of: Det blå værelse
Subject Forlag, Hans Reitzels. Bla vaerelse
Post-traumatic stress disorder.
Sexual abuse victims -- Mental health.
Women refugees -- Interviews.
Women refugees -- Mental health.
Refugees -- psychology.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- psychology.
Women -- psychology.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- rehabilitation.
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic -- therapy.
LC no. 94010885
ISBN 1856492397 hb
1856492400 pb
9781856492393 hb
9781856492409 pb
Other Titles Blå værelse. English