Why read Traumatic States?

Book cover of Traumatic States: Gendered Violence, Suffering and Care in Chile

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The end of the Pinochet regime in Chile saw the emergence of an organised feminist movement that influenced legal and social responses to gender-based violence, and with it new laws and avenues for reporting violence that never before existed. What emerged were grassroots women's rights organisations, challenging and engaging the…

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1 author picked Traumatic States as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Allison Bloom

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For a global perspective on domestic violence, Parson provides a comprehensive look at issues around domestic violence in Chile. She specifically follows the stories of several women and how they navigate through services and systems, facing further violence through the relentless barriers they find themselves up against.

Parson and I both graduated from the Rutgers Anthropology doctoral program and worked under the same advisors—albeit many years apart—and I am grateful to have had her excellent scholarship as a reference for my own.

From Allison's list on domestic violence from a cross-cultural perspective.