Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis
Delving into Tal’s theory of other people’s trauma (OPT), this qualitative study investigates the importance of fostering community and sharing traumatic experience among war survivors with respect to Born Under a Million Shadows (2009) by Andria Busfield. The major focus of the study is the exploration of the way the trauma narratives engage in the process of collective healing, resilience and post-traumatic growth (PTG) and retrieval. The research is concerned with explaining the role of OPT in community building and narrativization of trauma, ultimately asserting the impact of OPT on invidiual and collective healing and recovery. By doing this, the research will enrich the existing knowledge on psychology, social work, academia and conflict resolution, emphasizing the significance of integrating OPT into community development initiatives and trauma care services.
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Kali Tal, other People’s Trauma, Collective Trauma, Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG), Narrative Therapy, Testimony
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(1) Rabia Khan
Lecturer, Department of English, Women University Multan, Punajb, Pakistan.
(2) Aqdas Khanam
Lecturer, Department of English, Government College for Women University Faisalabad, FAPunajb, Pakistan.
(3) Basirat Moeen
Visiting Lecturer, Department of English, University of Sahiwal, Punajb, Pakistan.
Cite this article
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APA : Khan, R., Khanam, A., & Moeen, B. (2024). Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis. Global Sociological Review, IX(II), 34-42. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-II).04
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CHICAGO : Khan, Rabia, Aqdas Khanam, and Basirat Moeen. 2024. "Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis." Global Sociological Review, IX (II): 34-42 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-II).04
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HARVARD : KHAN, R., KHANAM, A. & MOEEN, B. 2024. Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis. Global Sociological Review, IX, 34-42.
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MHRA : Khan, Rabia, Aqdas Khanam, and Basirat Moeen. 2024. "Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis." Global Sociological Review, IX: 34-42
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MLA : Khan, Rabia, Aqdas Khanam, and Basirat Moeen. "Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis." Global Sociological Review, IX.II (2024): 34-42 Print.
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OXFORD : Khan, Rabia, Khanam, Aqdas, and Moeen, Basirat (2024), "Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis", Global Sociological Review, IX (II), 34-42
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TURABIAN : Khan, Rabia, Aqdas Khanam, and Basirat Moeen. "Exploring the Role of OPT: Trauma Narratives and Community Building in Times of War and Crisis." Global Sociological Review IX, no. II (2024): 34-42. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2024(IX-II).04