Description

This volume explores intergenerational trauma among refugee communities displaced throughout the world.

Considering patterns and findings across disciplines, cultural contexts, and methodologies, it addresses the manner in which trauma is passed from one generation to the next among populations characterised by a large exodus from specific regions, and communities in which intergenerational trauma can be clearly observed among second-generation young people. With studies of displaced communities around the world, this comprehensive and interdisciplinary assessment of the effects of transgenerational trauma discusses the definitions and concepts of intergenerational trauma, considering the similarities and differences that exist between perspectives on trauma across the generations, and the mechanisms at work in its transmission.

It will therefore appeal to scholars across the social sciences with interests in memory studies, political violence and refugee and diaspora studies.