Routledge 'No Five Fingers are Alike': What Exiled Kurdish Women in Therapy Told Me (The International Series of Psychosocial Perspectives on Trauma, Displaced People & Political Violence)

This book, the second in the International Series of Psychosocial Perspectives on Trauma, Displaced People and Political Violence, focuses on refugee women and one of the few that limit their scope only to one group of refugees – the Kurds in Norway. Review " No Five Fingers are Alike is a study of trauma from a wider, interdisciplinary point of view... It documents extensive knowledge of the many-faced sides of trauma therapy, and is obviously very interesting and useful for both academics and professionals in the field. The book is written in a matter-of-fact manner, which balances very well with the almost explosive empirical evidence of human violations described and analysed....It emphasises a need for multicultural awareness and interdisciplinary approaches...."--Professor Yngve Lithman, Head of Interdisciplinary International Migration and Ethnic Relations Studies "Ahlberg's source material consists of narratives by traumatized Kurdish refugees as they have been told to her in a therapeutic situation while using an interpreter. A main point is that these narratives are not merely about the past tragedies of these refugees, but that they just as much represent their attempts at reinterpreting their lives and creating meaning in a new culture. They all share the topic of how refugee narratives of traumatic experiences are used as a source for cultural knowledge. The said narratives emerge as a rich source material for comparative religion. Ahlberg's approach is characterized by her broad interdisciplinary competence where the history of religion, psychology, sociological and narratological perspectives are utilized in order to reach a holistic perspective."--Professor Einar Thomassen, Islamic and Sufi Studies About the Author Ahlberg, Nora