The African American experience psychoanalytic perspectives

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Akhtar, Salman, 1946 July 31- (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham : Jason Aronson c2012.
Edición:1st ed
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798043006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1: Core Stories; Chapter One: The Five Hundred Year History of African Americans; Chapter Two: Psychoanalysis and African Americans: Past, Present, and Future; 2: Character Studies; Chapter Three: Command and Legacy: Martin Luther King, Jr.; Chapter Four: Ideology and Identity: Malcolm X; Chapter Five: Power and Meaning: Muhammad Ali; Chapter Six: Resilience and Influence: Oprah Winfrey; Chapter Seven: Synthesis and Leadership: Barack Obama; 3: Cultural Spectrum; Chapter Eight: Anti-Black Racism and the Conception of Whiteness
  • Chapter Nine: African American Families: Still a Band of Slaves?Chapter Ten: Personality Development in Different African American Cultures; Chapter Eleven: Hollywood and African Americans; 4: Clinical Strands; Chapter Twelve: An African American's Becoming a Psychoanalyst: Some Personal Reflections; Chapter Thirteen: The African-American Patient in Psychodynamic Treatment; Chapter Fourteen: Racial Transference Reactions in Psychoanalytic Treatment: An Update; Chapter Fifteen: White Analysts Seeing Black Patients; Chapter Sixteen: Racial Enactments in Dynamic Treatment; References; Index
  • About the Editor and Contributors