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by Catrina Brown (Editor)
This cross disciplinary volume examines and reframes trauma as a social and political issue in the context of wider society, critiquing the widely accepted pathologizing of trauma and violence in current discourse.
Author Biography
Catrina Brown is professor at the School of Social Work and is cross-appointed to Gender and Women' Studies at Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia. As the graduate coordinator at the School of Social Work for 15 years, until recently she focused on integrating critical theory and critical practice. Both her academic and clinical work focuses on social justice approaches to women's health and mental health issues, including trauma, post-trauma, relational injury, substanceuse problems, depression and "eating disorders" within a feminist postmodern/narrative lens.
