Trauma, Grief, and Remembrance in the Aftermath of Terrorism

The Phenomenology of Violent Child Loss

AvYordanka Dimcheva

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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Beskrivning

What does it mean to grieve a child lost to an act of terrorism? This book offers a powerful and deeply human exploration of traumatic bereavement, grounded in parents’ first-hand accounts of losing a child to political violence. Drawing on research in France, the book explores how such loss disrupts meaning, time and self. Through a phenomenological lens, it challenges clinical views of grief and trauma, revealing how parents resist closure and seek enduring bonds with the deceased. This is a compelling interdisciplinary study of love, memory and making meaning in the wake of unthinkable tragedy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2026-05-19
Mått:156 x 234 x 13 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Death and Culture
Antal sidor:198
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781529250510

Utforska kategorier

Våld och övergrepp inom Samhälle och politik
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Politisk aktivism inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Yordanka Dimcheva is Teaching Fellow at the University of Birmingham and Research Assistant at the University of Kent.

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‘A powerful illustration of how traumatically bereaved parents make meaning through grieving, thereby challenging prevailing clinical models that insist upon “closure.”’ Michael Cholbi, The University of Edinburgh

Innehållsförteckning

IntroductionPart I: When Loss and Trauma CollideChapter 1. The Long Shadow of Traumatic BereavementChapter 2. The ‘Second’ AttackPart II: The Meaning of Your AbsenceChapter 3. Looking for Meaning Among the Ruins of LossChapter 4. Transforming Loss Into an Affective PresenceAttempts at Closure