The African American Experience

Psychoanalytic Perspectives
Herausgeber: Akhtar, Salman

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book compiles the contributions of mental health professionals, and scholars of humanities, to offer a multifaceted perspective on the transgenerational trauma of slavery, the hardship of single parent families, the ruthlessness of anti-black racism, and the burden of poverty and social disenfranchisement on the African American individual.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jason Aronson, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 480
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 924g
• ISBN-13: 9780765708359
• ISBN-10: 0765708353
• Artikelnr.: 35455774

Autorenporträt

Edited by Salman Akhtar - Contributions by Salman Akhtar; Jan Wright; Shawn Blue; Jennifer Bonovitz; David Campbell; Christin Drake; Forrest Hamer; Dorothy Holmes; Kimberlyn Leary Ph.D; Carlotta Miles; LaShawnDa Pittman; Dionne Powell; Cheryl Thompson; Cl

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Core Stories Chapter 1: The Five
Hundred Year History of African Americans, Jan Wright Chapter 2:
Psychoanalysis and African-Americans: a politico-historical overview,
Dionne Powell Part II: Character Studies Chapter 3: Command and Legacy:
Martin Luther King, Jr., Salman Akhtar and Shawn Blue Chapter 4: Ideology
and Identity: Malcolm X, Clarence Watson and Salman Akhtar Chapter 5: Power
and Meaning: Muhammed Ali, David Campbell Chapter 6: Resilience and
Influence: Oprah Winfrey, Glenda Wrenn Chapter 7: Charisma and Vision:
Barack Obama, Kimberlyn Leary Part III: Cultural Spectrum Chapter 8:
Anti-black Racism, Forrest Hamer Chapter 9: African American Families:
Still A Band of Slaves?, LaShawnDa Pittman Chapter 10: Personality
Development in Different African-American Cultures,Carlotta Miles Chapter
11: Hollywood and African-Americans, Christin Drake Part IV: Clinical
Strands Chapter 12: An African American's Becoming a Psychoanalyst: Some
Personal Reflections, Samuel Wyche Chapter 13: The African-American Patient
in Psychodynamic Treatment, Cheryl Thompson Chapter 14: Racial Transference
Reactions in Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Update, Dorothy Holmes Chapter
15: White Analysts Working With Black Patients, Jennifer Bonovitz Chapter
16: Racial Enactments in Dynamic Treatment, Kimberlyn Leary References
Index About the Contributors