The anthropology of violence: Context, consequences, conflict resolution, healing, and peace-building in Central and Southern Africa

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages S122-S132

  Janzen, John M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

displacement; ethnography; judicial proceedings; memory; trauma; violence

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JURISPRUDENCE; MEMORY; POLITICS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; RELIGION; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

AFRICA, CENTRAL; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; HUMANS; JURISPRUDENCE; MEMORY; NEGOTIATING; POLITICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; RELIGION; VIOLENCE; WARFARE;

EID: 85021859826     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-016-0008-1     Document Type: Review

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