Posttraumatic identities: developing a culturally-informed understanding of posttraumatic growth in Rwandan women genocide survivors

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Posttraumatic identities: developing a culturally-informed understanding of posttraumatic growth in Rwandan women genocide survivors

In the 1994 Rwanda genocide, an estimated 800,000 people were brutally murdered in just thirteen weeks. This violence affected all Rwandans, but women experienced the genocide in very specific ways. They were frequently raped, tortured and physically mutilated. Yet, because of their sexual value, th...

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Main Author:	Williamson, Caroline
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Traumatic shock genocide survivors genocide psychological aspects Rwanda women attitudes
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/27821/

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