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‘I will resurrect’: Reading and writing grief as political action

Security Dialogue

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Abstract

Security Dialogue, Volume 56, Issue 6, Page 796-812, December 2025.
Activists and protestors write grief as text to mourn losses, remember and document resistances to oppressive regimes, and present alternative futures. This article studies how grief is written, through letters and poetry from activists and their families ...