African American Experience (eBook)

Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Salman Akhtar (Herausgeber)

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2012
478 Seiten
Jason Aronson, Inc. (Verlag)
978-0-7657-0837-3 (ISBN)

Infos

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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The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives edited by Salman Akhtar brings together the contributions of distinguished 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 crushing burden of poverty and social disenfranchisement on the African American individual. The book also sheds light on the resilience of spirit, the dignity of perseverance, and the glow of talent that is widespread in this group. It contains penetrating and informative biographical essays on Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, Mohammad Ali, Barack Obama, and Oprah Winfrey. Such discourse on human greatness is balanced by the considerations of daily joy and anguish on clinical and societal levels. This wide-ranging and nuanced volume on the history, culture, and psychosocial struggles of African American people fills an important gap in the literature on psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.

Autor

Salman Akhtar, MD, is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, PA.

Inhalt

AcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: Core StoriesChapter 1: The Five Hundred Year History of African Americans, Jan WrightChapter 2: Psychoanalysis and African-Americans: a politico-historical overview, Dionne PowellPart II: Character StudiesChapter 3: Command and Legacy: Martin Luther King, Jr., Salman Akhtar and Shawn BlueChapter 4: Ideology and Identity: Malcolm X, Clarence Watson and Salman AkhtarChapter 5: Power and Meaning: Muhammed Ali, David CampbellChapter 6: Resilience and Influence: Oprah Winfrey, Glenda WrennChapter 7: Charisma and Vision: Barack Obama, Kimberlyn LearyPart III: Cultural SpectrumChapter 8: Anti-black Racism, Forrest HamerChapter 9: African American Families: Still A Band of Slaves?, LaShawnDa PittmanChapter 10: Personality Development in Different African-American Cultures,Carlotta MilesChapter 11: Hollywood and African-Americans, Christin DrakePart IV: Clinical StrandsChapter 12: An African American’s Becoming a Psychoanalyst: Some Personal Reflections, Samuel WycheChapter 13: The African-American Patient in Psychodynamic Treatment, Cheryl ThompsonChapter 14: Racial Transference Reactions in Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Update, Dorothy HolmesChapter 15: White Analysts Working With Black Patients, Jennifer BonovitzChapter 16: Racial Enactments in Dynamic Treatment, Kimberlyn LearyReferencesIndexAbout the Contributors

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.6.2012
• Co-Autor: Salman Akhtar, LaShawnDa Pittman, Dionne Powell, Cheryl Thompson, Clarence Watson, Glenda Wrenn, Jan Wright, Samuel Wyche, Shawn Blue, Jennifer Bonovitz, David Campbell, Christin Drake, Forrest Hamer, Dorothy Holmes, Kimberlyn Leary, Carlotta Miles
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Allgemeine Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Klinische Psychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Psychoanalyse / Tiefenpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Verhaltenstherapie
• Themenwelt: Medizin / Pharmazie ► Medizinische Fachgebiete ► Psychiatrie / Psychotherapie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: Psychoanalysis
• ISBN-10: 0-7657-0837-X / 076570837X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7657-0837-3 / 9780765708373