Trauma, Memory, and Transformation: Southeast Asian Experiences

Different forms of trauma affect many millions of people. Trauma also helps to shape individual and collective memories. This innovative book explores how traumatic occurrences and processes are remembered. Using examples from well-known events like the Khmer Rouge genocide in Cambodia, the Indian Ocean tsunami in Aceh, Indonesia, and civil conflict in southern Thailand, as well as the experiences of ‘comfort women’ in the Philippines, ethnic minority students and inter-religious tensions i...