Narrative and Violence

Narrative and Violence explores philosophical and anthropological ideas surrounding the nature of social suffering its relationship to social historical and political contexts and the manner in which diasporic communities narrate their suffering. Against the setting of the adverse relationship between Iran and the West it examines the ways in which suffering shapes identity and belonging in the Diaspora for Iranians living in the West. Based on rich empirical information drawn from the UK and Australia this book investigates ways in which the lives of Iranians living in the Diaspora are affected by the understanding of Iran in terms of abjection as that which is beyond or outside of The West. Exploring the emotions and feelings of pain and suffering as they are rooted in and shape various categories of experience propounds a view of suffering which is thoroughly grounded in culture history and politics. Presenting a new theoretical and cultural understanding of experiences of suffering violence war and displacement this book contributes to critical debates within sociology geography anthropology history and cultural and critical theory.