Aftermath of 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence: A Transgenerational Trauma-informed Perspective

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Anuja Khanna

Aftermath of 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence

A Transgenerational Trauma-informed Perspective

Anuja Khanna

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English

Routledge India
31 July 2025

Counselling & advice services; Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology); Child & developmental psychology; Social, group or collective psychology; Trauma & shock

Series: Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Mental Health Experiences among Vulnerable Groups

This book explores the inheritance of trauma, distress, and healing from one generation of survivors of the 1984 anti-Sikh violence to the next. It looks at this dyadic relationship and the post-violence context that is marked by their experience of injustice.

The book highlights the psycho-social impacts of violence on survivors and their families' everyday struggles against conditions of injustice, marginalization, deprivation, stigma, and threat to one’s individual and collective identity. Through interviews and ethnographic explorations, it analyses the lived experiences of survivors, understanding the everyday struggles of suffering and healing and their relationship with their families and the next generation.

This book will be of interest to students, teachers, and researchers of psychology, trauma studies, clinical psychology, health psychology, qualitative research, and social psychology. It will also be useful for those interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on mental health, trauma and disaster mental health, ethnography, and qualitative research methodology.

By: Anuja Khanna
Imprint: Routledge India
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 440g
ISBN: 9781032396552
ISBN 10: 1032396555
Series: Critical and Qualitative Approaches to Mental Health Experiences among Vulnerable Groups
Pages: 144
Publication Date: 31 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Preface Acknowledgments 1 Loss and Ensuing Injustice: Contours of 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence 2 Trauma and its Trans-generational Transfer: Traditional and Contemporary Perspectives 3 Ethnographic Explorations from the Field 4 Fending for the Family: Stepping out as “Widows” in the Patriarchal World 5 Dyad Grappling with Problems of Drug Addiction: The Bi-Directional Demoralization 6 Dyad that Echoed the Voice of Strength 7 Trans-generational Trauma and Healing in the post-Violence Settings; Lessons from 1984 Anti-Sikh Violence Notes References Index

Anuja Khanna holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Indian Institute of Psychology (IIT) Kanpur, India. She has completed her bachelor's and master's also in Psychology from University of Delhi, India. Her interest lies in the area of disaster mental health, particularly in the domain of suffering and healing.