The word and concept of victim 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. Histories of Victimhood engages with
this dilemma, asking how one may recognize and acknowledge
suffering without essentializing affected communities and
individuals. This 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, Histories of Victimhood
encourages us to see victimhood not as a definite and definable
category of experience but as a changeable and culturally
contingent state. Contributors: Sofie Danneskiold-Samsoe, Pamila
Gupta, Ravinder Kaur, Stine Finne Jakobsen, Andrew M. Jefferson,
Steffen Jensen, Tobias Kelly, Frederic Le Marcis, Walter Paniagua,
Elizabeth A. Povinelli, Darius Rejali, Henrik Ronsbo, Lotte Buch
Segal, Nerina Weiss.
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