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