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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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
Summary
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.
