War and embodied memory
Subtitle: becoming disabled in Sierra Leone
By: by Maria Berghs
Publisher: Ashgate Pub. Co.; Routledge
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9781409442103; 9781409442110
Subjects: Disabled people; Social aspects; Peace; Postwar reconstruction; Disabled veterans; Social conditions; Rehabilitation; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Setting the scene: locating disability in Sierra Leone; title: Introduction; title: Locating Sierra Leone; title: The political background of development; title: NGOs and aid; title: Government responses to disabled citizens; title: Amputee and war-wounded: access to development or aid?; title: Research aims and project summary; title: Intersections between anthropology, disability, development and conflict; title: Introduction; title: Situating the research in disability studies; title: Development, disability and conflict; title: Conclusion; title: A general historical and socio-cultural analysis of impairment and disability in Sierra Leone; title: Introduction; title: The traditional model of disability; title: Impairment, disability and witchcraft; title: The Atlantic slave trade and impairment; title: Slavery and the foundations of colonialism; title: The missionary, voluntary societies and healthcare segregation; title: The 20th century and the individual medical model of disability; title: Conclusion; title: The political background of the creation of disability; title: Introduction; title: The political background of the Sierra Leonean conflict; title: Why amputation?; title: The end of violence and impairment?; title: Conclusion; title: Rebuilding and rehabilitating the nation state: creating national memory and disabled subjectivity?; title: Introduction; title: Anomaly and the link to "truth"; title: The creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC); title: Disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR); title: A special court for Sierra Leone; title: Reparations; title: Reparations from Charles Taylor and the diamond industry?; title: Conclusion; title: Rebuilding the social world; title: Introduction; title: Shelter, land, living together and settlement sites; title: Employment and education; title: Medical care; title: "An empty bag cannot stand alone": food security, agriculture and water; title: Begging; title: Multiple activities: multiple needs; title: Conclusion; title: Managing life as an individual; title: Introduction; title: "I got my problem"; title: The role of religion; title: Ngos and gaining courage; title: Conclusion; title: Disability mainstreaming and social activism; title: Introduction; title: Mainstreaming disability?; title: Disabled people's social activism and the commodification of disability?; title: "Disability" and socio-cultural resources; title: Conclusion; title: Reparations, reintegration and peace; title: The impact of reparations and reconciliation; title: Contested and closing memories; title: Corporate social responsibility and corruption; title: Disability, development and the future; title: In conclusion; title: Introduction; title: The big picture; title: Main themes; title: Disability, poverty and rights?.