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Trauma and healing: the construction of meaning among survivors of the Cambodian holocaust
(1996)The purpose of this study was to examine Cambodian Holocaust survivors' experiences of trauma, suffering and adaptation, and to explore what part these personal constructions based on experience played in their healing. ... -
Untold stories: an interpretive study of older women sexually abused as children
(1996)Although nearly five million women over age 55 are estimated to have been sexually abused as children, little is known of their experience. This interpretive study attempts to understand the effects of child sexual abuse ... -
Wher is "home?" Interpretating Horn of Africa youth discourse and the politics of "displaced youth"
(2013-02-25)This dissertation is a discursive inquiry into the language Horn of Africa (HOA) youth use as they talk about their experiences. Study participants are 1.5 and second generation HOA youth, mainly from Eritrea, Ethiopia, ...