The Psychological Legacy of Slavery

Essays on Trauma, Healing and the Living Past
Herausgeber: Bowser, Benjamin P.; Charles-Nicolas, Aimé

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Produktbeschreibung

This collection of essays surveys the practices, behaviors, and beliefs that developed during slavery in the Western Hemisphere, and the lingering psychological consequences that continue to impact the descendants of enslaved Africans today. The psychological legacies of slavery highlighted in this volume were found independently in Brazil, the U.S., Belize, Jamaica, Colombia, Haiti, and Martinique. They are color prejudice, self and community disdain, denial of trauma, black-on-black violence, survival crime, child beating, underlying African spirituality, and use of music and dance as community psychotherapy. The effects on descendants of slave owners include a belief in white supremacy, dehumanization of self and others, gun violence, and more. Essays also offer solutions for dealing with this vast psychological legacy. Knowledge of the continuing effects of slavery has been used in psychotherapy, family, and group counseling of African slave descendants. Progress in resolving these legacies has been made as well using psychohistory, forensic psychiatry, family social histories, and community mental health. This knowledge is crucial to eventual reconciliation and resolution of the continuing legacies of slavery and the slave trade.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 503g
• ISBN-13: 9781476678931
• ISBN-10: 1476678936
• Artikelnr.: 62665466

Autorenporträt

Benjamin P. Bowser is emeritus professor of sociology and social services at California State University East Bay where he was department chair, interim dean and outstanding professor, and visiting professor at the University of Paris, La Sorbonne. Aimé Charles-Nicolas is emeritus professor of psychiatry at the Université des Antilles and University Hospital of Martinique. He is President of the Medico-Psychological Society, editor-in-chief of Journal of Psychiatry, Annales Médico-Psychologiques, and is the recipient of the Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur (Knight of the Legion of Honor) and Chevalier des Palmes Académiques (Knight of Academic Palms).

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword: Engaging the Silence and Healing Post-Slavery Societies Ali Moussa Iye Introduction: Psychological Legacies of Slavery Aimé Charles-Nicolas and Benjamin P. Bowser Part One: Commonalities 1.
Colorism in Belize Elma Whittaker-Augustine 2.
Slavery and Psychological Trauma in the Haitian Crisis Judite Blanc 3.
Afro-Brazilian Youth: Slavery's Influence on Crime Andréa Máris Campos Guerra and Ana Carolina André-Cadar 4.
Slavery's Legacy in San Basilio Palenque, Colombia Alexandra Escobar Puche 5.
Those Who Disappeared Bernard Dossa Part Two: Concepts 6.
A Psychiatric Look at the Legacy of Slavery Aimé Charles-Nicolas 7.
Explaining Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: Multigenerational Transmission of Trauma Joy A. DeGruy
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An Exploration of the Psychological Legacy of Slavery Benjamin P. Bowser
9.
The Psychological Legacy of Slavery in the United States: Trauma Derived from Centuries of Laws and Customs Edwin J. Nichols 10.
The Epigenetic Ramifications of the Trauma: Enslavement, Centuries of Chattel Slavery and Institutionalized Racism Fatimah Jackson, Latifa Jackson and Zainab El Radi Jackson Part Three: Solutions 11.
Shattering Delusions of Slavery: Psychosocial Re-Engineering of Postcolonial Jamaica Frederick W. Hickling 12.
How to Conduct a Psycho-Social History Benjamin P. Bowser 13.
Healing the Wounds of Slavery: Potentials and Challenges Scherto Gill Conclusion: Recommendations and Healing, Releasing Trauma's Grip Aimé Charles-Nicolas and Benjamin P. Bowser Coda: Masters and Slaves No More Benjamin P. Bowser and Aimé Charles-Nicolas About the Contributors Index