Medicine:The Occupied Clinic
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| Author | Saiba Varma |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Duke University Press |
Publication date | October 2020 |
| Media type | Print, e-book |
| Pages | 304 |
| ISBN | 978-1-4780-1098-2 |
The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir is a monograph by Saiba Varma, in the field of medical anthropology.[1][2][3] It was published in October 2020 by Duke University Press (as well as Yoda Press). Varma is an Associate Professor of Medical Anthropology at University of California, San Diego.[4] She is also the incumbent Vice Chair of Undergraduate Studies.[4]
Content
Varma's scholarship discusses the broad effects of chronic unresolved conflict in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir on the mental health of local population.[4] She probes into how local psychiatric clinics tackle these issues but in the process, become microcosms of the broader political fractures governing Kashmir.[4][5]
Reception
The book went on to receive the Edie Turner First Book Prize in Ethnographic Writing by the American Anthropological Association.[6][7]
Varma has been accused of not being transparent about her positionality — she did not disclose that her father was a top brass of India's security apparatus.[7]
See also
- Kashmir conflict
- Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
- Mental health in India
References
- ↑ Atuk, Tankut (2021-04-05). "The Volatile Possibilities and Empty Gestures of Care Under Military Occupation" (in en). Anthropology Book Forum (American Anthropological Association) 7 (1). ISSN 2380-7725. https://journals.sfu.ca/abf/index.php/abf/article/view/387.
- ↑ "The battle over minds and bodies in Kashmir" (in en). 2021-07-27. https://lifestyle.livemint.com//news/talking-point/the-battle-over-minds-and-bodies-in-kashmir-111627032000970.html.
- ↑ Bhat, Adil (31 August 2021). "Kashmir: How medical care became militarised under Indian occupation". Middle East Eye. https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/india-kashmir-occupied-clinic-book-intersection-violence-medicine.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Saiba Varma" (in en-US). https://anthropology.ucsd.edu/people/faculty/faculty-profiles/saiba-varma.html.
- ↑ Tareen, Sher Ali (2020-12-18). "The Occupied Clinic: Militarism and Care in Kashmir by Saiba Varma" (in en). https://newbooksnetwork.com/the-occupied-clinic.
- ↑ "Past Winners of the Edie Turner Prize | Society for Humanistic Anthropology" (in en-US). https://sha.americananthro.org/awards/edie-turner-first-book-prize-in-ethnographic-writing/past-winners-of-the-edie-turner-prize/.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Book on Kashmir by R&AW officer's daughter fans furore" (in en). 2021-09-16. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/book-on-kashmir-by-r-aw-officer-s-daughter-fans-furore-101631816410161.html.
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