{"product_id":"histories-of-victimhood-9780812245851","title":"Histories of Victimhood","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe word and concept of \u003ci\u003evictim\u003c\/i\u003e bear a heavy weight. To represent oneself or to be represented as a victim is often a first and vital step toward having one's suffering and one's claims to rights socially and legally recognized. Yet to name oneself or be called a victim is a risky claim, and social scientists must struggle to avoid erasing either survivors' experience of suffering or their agency and resourcefulness. \u003ci\u003eHistories of Victimhood\u003c\/i\u003e engages with this dilemma, asking how one may recognize and acknowledge suffering without essentializing affected communities and individuals. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume tackles the theoretical and empirical questions surrounding the ways victims and victimhood are constructed, represented, and managed by state and nonstate actors. Geographically broad, the twelve essays in this volume trace histories of victimhood in Colombia, India, South Africa, Guatemala, Angola, Sierra Leone, Turkey, Occupied Palestine, Denmark, and Britain. They examine the implications of victimhood in a wide range of contexts, including violent occupations, displacement, war, reparation projects, refugee assistance, HIV treatment, trauma intervention, social welfare projects, and state formation. In exploring varying forms of hardship and identifying what people do to survive, how they make sense of their own suffering, and how they are frequently either acted upon or ignored by humanitarian agencies and states, \u003ci\u003eHistories of Victimhood\u003c\/i\u003e encourages us to see victimhood not as a definite and definable category of experience but as a changeable and culturally contingent state. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors: \u003c\/b\u003e Sofie Danneskiold-Sams e, Pamila Gupta, Ravinder Kaur, Stine Finne Jakobsen, Andrew M. Jefferson, Steffen Jensen, Tobias Kelly, Frédéric Le Marcis, Walter Paniagua, Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Darius Rejali, Henrik Ronsbo, Lotte Buch Segal, Nerina Weiss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steffen Jensen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pennsylvania Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780812245851\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteffen Jensen is Senior Researcher at Dignity: Danish Institute Against Torture. He is the author of Gangs, Politics and Dignity in Cape Town and coeditor (with Andrew Jefferson) of State Violence and Human Rights: State Officials in the South. Henrik Ronsbo is Senior Researcher at Dignity: Danish Institute Against Torture and has published many articles on the effects of violence and civil wars in Latin America.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40779922178163,"sku":"9.78081E+12","price":91.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_04411721-b266-4983-9b32-b5fdadb3fabf.jpg?v=1680618375","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/histories-of-victimhood-9780812245851","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}