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"Here nobody holds your heart": Metaphoric and embodied emotions of birth and displacement among Karen women in Australia Niner, S, Kokanovic, R, Cuthbert, D and Cho, V 2014, '"Here nobody holds your heart": Metaphoric and embodied emotions of birth and displacement among Karen women in Australia', Medical Anthropology Quarterly, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 362-380. Document type: Journal Article Collection: Journal Articles Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size n2006044524.pdf Accepted Manuscript application/pdf 132.87KB Title "Here nobody holds your heart": Metaphoric and embodied emotions of birth and displacement among Karen women in Australia Author(s) Niner, S Kokanovic, R Cuthbert, D Cho, V Year 2014 Journal name Medical Anthropology Quarterly Volume number 28 Issue number 3 Start page 362 End page 380 Total pages 19 Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Abstract Our objective was to explore the ways in which displaced Karen mothers expressed emotions in narrative accounts of motherhood and displacement. We contextualized and analyzed interview data from an ethnographic study of birth and emotions among 15 displaced Karen mothers in Australia. We found that women shared a common symbolic language to describe emotions centered on the heart, which was also associated with heart "problems." This, along with hypertension, collapsing, or a feeling of surrender were associated responses to extremely adverse events experienced as displaced peoples. A metaphoric schema of emotional terms centered on the heart was connected to embodied expressions of emotion related to illness of the heart. This and other embodied responses were reactions to overwhelming difficulties and fear women endured due to their exposure to political conflict and global inequity. Subject Social and Cultural Anthropology Migration Mental Health Keyword(s) emotions embodiment maternal displacement Karen DOI - identifier 10.1111/maq.12070 Copyright notice © 2014 by the American Anthropological Association. All rights reserved. ISSN 0745-5194 Related Links Link Description http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/maq.12070 Link to Published Version   Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 30 Apr 2014, 11:09:31 EST Thu, 19 Jun 2014, 01:26:07 EST Fri, 08 Aug 2014, 14:38:38 EST Mon, 23 Feb 2015, 15:53:42 EST Wed, 10 May 2017, 16:42:38 EST Tue, 19 Dec 2017, 15:41:35 EST Wed, 04 Apr 2018, 11:53:04 EST Mon, 01 Oct 2018, 16:29:39 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 3 times in Thomson Reuters Web of Science Article | Citations Cited 0 times in Scopus Article Altmetric details: Access Statistics: 129 Abstract Views, 32 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Wed, 30 Apr 2014, 10:00:00 EST by Catalyst Administrator