Salman Akhtar

Immigration and Acculturation

Mourning, Adaptation, and the Next Generation

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Produktbeschreibung

This book provides clinical strategies for working with immigrant and ethnically diverse patients and their offspring while drawing observations from the humanities to reveal truths about the psychological impact of immigration. Each aspect of the life of an immigrant is explored, shedding light on the complexities of work, friendship, sex, marriage, aging, religion, and politics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780765708243
• ISBN-10: 0765708248
• Artikelnr.: 31993953

Autorenporträt

Salman Akhtar is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. His books include Immigration and Identity, Freud and the Far East, and The Crescent and the Couch.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Acknowledgments Part I: Leaving and Arriving 1. The Trauma of
Geographical Dislocation Part II: Being and Becoming 2. Work and Money 3.
Sex and Marriage 4. Friendship and Socialization 5. Religion and Politics
Part III: The Dusk and the Dawn 6. Encountering Middle Age and Getting Old
7. The Next Generation Part IV: The Wounded Healer 8. Challenges of Being
an Immigrant Therapist Appendix: Films about Immigration, Acculturation,
and the Next Generation References Index About the Author