Persian Blues, Psychoanalysis and Mourning

In Persian Blues, Psychoanalysis and Mourning, Gohar Homayounpour plays a theme and variations on loss, love, and family against the backdrop of Iran's chaotic recent past.

List of contents

1. My Father and I, 2. Psoriasis, 3. Mississippi Blues, 4. If They Go Away, 5. The Forgotten War, 6. Tell Me a Story: Shahrzad "in Analysis" in Contemporary Persia, 7. Un-Translation, 8. Caliban, 9. One Should Build a Boat, 10. The Freudian Group of Tehran; Triumphs and Laments, 11. In Praise of the Reality Principle, or, In Praise of Disturbance, 12. Against Empath"ism", 13. Forough, 14. L, 15. Beyond "Locality": The Voyage of the Shitty Pebble, 16. Narcissism Becomes a Hazard to our "Building a Boat", 17. Inflation / Inflated Blues, 18. Paris Blues, or, Are You Going Home?, 19. In Niz Bogzared, This Too Shall Pass, 20. Elle, 21. Superego, 22. Clean Your Eyeglasses, 23. Grandfather Blues, 24. An Airport Taxi Driver in Tehran, 25. A Reliable, Silent Nanny, 26. In Praise of Hopelessness, 27. Blues Shuffle / Swing or Off-Beats, 28. Galway Girl, 29. Borges' Animals and Cemeteries, 30. Beyond Persian Blues...

About the author

Gohar Homayounpour is a psychoanalyst and Gradiva award-winning author. She is a member of the International Psychoanalytic Association and the American Psychoanalytic Association, a training and supervising psychoanalyst of the Freudian Group of Tehran, and a scientific board member of the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna.

Summary

In Persian Blues, Psychoanalysis and Mourning, Gohar Homayounpour plays a theme and variations on loss, love, and family against the backdrop of Iran’s chaotic recent past.

Product details

• Authors: Gohar Homayounpour, Gohar (International Psychoanalytic Homayounpour
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781032208053
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3220805-3
• No. of pages: 146
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Iran, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, Psychotherapy, Regional Studies, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Regional / International studies, Gender studies: women, Gender studies: women and girls, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, Mourning;Grief;Persia;Iran;Women;Motherhood;Psychoanalysis