Crossing Borders Without Leaving Home

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This article describes the author's experience of crossing borders, at first, without ever leaving home. It then describes numerous other borders crossed and lessons learned from that experience. The article focuses on women who have been raped during wartime and challenges the universality and medicalization of PTSD, the notion of a??victima?? and the invisibilization of other crimes committed against women during a??warsa?? and a??conflicts.a?? The author is also critical of the roles played by some international NGO's which become colonizers of the survivors.View full textDownload full textKEYWORDSCosta Rica, globalization of PTSD, homogenization, Jew, poverty, a??raped like mea??, survivorsRelated var addthis_config = { ui_cobrand: "Taylor & Francis Online", services_compact: "citeulike,netvibes,twitter,technorati,delicious,linkedin,facebook,stumbleupon,digg,google,more", pubid: "ra-4dff56cd6bb1830b" }; var addthis_config = {"data_track_addressbar":true,"ui_click":true}; Add to shortlist Link Permalink http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02703149.2011.580688