This volume contributes to understanding childhoods in the
twentieth and twenty-firstcentury by offering an in-depth overview
of children and their engagement with the violent world around
them. The chapters deal with different historical, spatial, and
cultural contexts, yet converge on the question of how children
relate to physiological and psychological violence. The twentieth
century has been hailed as the "century of the child" but it has
also witnessed an unprecedented escalation of cultural trauma
experienced by children during the two World Wars, Holocaust,
Partition of the Indian subcontinent, and Vietnam War. The essays
in this volume focus on victimized childhood during instances of
war, ethnic violence, migration under compulsion, rape, and provide
insights into how a child negotiates with abstract notions of
nation, ethnicity, belonging, identity, and religion. They use an
array of literary and cinematic representations-fiction, paintings,
films, and popular culture-to explore the long-term effect of
violence and neglect on children. As such, they lend voice to
children whose experiences of abuse have been multifaceted, ranging
from genocide, conflict and xenophobia to sexual abuse, and also
consider ways of healing. With contributions from across the world,
this comprehensive book will be useful to scholars and researchers
of cultural studies, literature, education, education policy,
gender studies, child psychology, sociology, political studies,
childhood studies, and those studying trauma, conflict, and
resilience.
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