{"product_id":"trauma-and-fictions-of-the-war-on-terror","title":"Trauma and Fictions of the \"War on Terror\"","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book explores the ways in which transnational fiction in the post-9\/11 era can intervene in discourse surrounding the \"war on terror\" to advocate for marginalised perspectives. \u003cem\u003eTrauma and Fictions of the \"War on Terror\" \u003c\/em\u003econceptualises global political discourse about the \"war on terror\" as incongruous, with transnational memory frames instituted in Western nations centralising 9\/11 as uniquely traumatic, excluding the historical and present-day experiences of Afghans under Western—specifically American—hegemonic violence. Recent developments in trauma studies explain how dominant Western trauma theory participates in this exclusion, failing to account for the ongoing suffering common to non-Western, colonial, and postcolonial contexts. O’Brien explores how Khaled Hosseini (\u003ci\u003eThe Kite Runner), \u003c\/i\u003eNadeem Aslam (\u003ci\u003eThe Wasted Vigil, The Blind Man’s Garden\u003c\/i\u003e), and Kamila Shamsie (\u003ci\u003eBurnt Shadows\u003c\/i\u003e) represent marginalised perspectives in the context of the \"war on terror\". \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54242706817368,"sku":"9780367776473","price":55.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/trauma-and-fictions-of-the-war-on-terror","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}