Resilience, suffering and creativity: the work of the refugee therapy centre
Éditeur :
Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN :
9781855754614
Date de publication :
29 janv. 2007
Dimensions :
23,0 x 14,7 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
The trauma of refugee status is particularly corrosive. It does the usual harm of devastating our own self-image and sense of permanence in the world, but it does more. It is a dislocation from our familiar domestic geography and culture, and that must wrench from our grasp all the external markers by which we know ourselves and our worth.