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Book SynopsisIn Afghanistan Remembers, Parin Dossa examines how violence is remembered by Afghan women through memories and food practices in their homeland and its diaspora.
Trade Review“Dossa’s approach is to look at the memory of violence among women in Afghanistan and in Canada, which demonstrates how the act of remembering and sharing history can empower women and reshape and re-appropriate global narratives about conflict. Less a study of civic groups and more a reflection on the women who inhabit them, her text demonstrates some of the ways disenfranchised individuals can use everyday practices around things like food to resist the relentless oppression of the memory of violence.” -- Noah Coburn, Bennington College *
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Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter One. Epistemology and Methodology Chapter Two. Testimonial Narratives Chapter Three. Bearing Witness Chapter Four. The Fire of the Hearth will not be Extinguished Chapter Five. Foodscapes Conclusion. Towards an Engaged Anthropology Appendix Notes References Index
