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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.

Table 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, isprofessor of psychiatryatJefferson Medical College and training and supervising analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia, PA.

Review :
100 years ago Simon Carter Fuller, the first African American psychiatrist, was photographed with Sigmund Freud on his historic visit to Clark University in Massachusetts. This book is therefore long overdue. Salman Akhtar and his contributors movingly address the African American experience from personal, historical, biographical, cultural, and clinical perspectives. If we as Americans and psychoanalysts can acknowledge our denial and ignorance of African American history, and tolerate the shame over racism—in our society, in our field, and in ourselves—this book is a must read for all of us. Its impact cannot be minimized. I could not put the book down! Covering generations of African American development, Salman Akhtar’s book is not only a must read, but a compelling introduction to history during slavery up through the days of Obama. It reinforces the fact that the issue of race is a complicated one and we are yet to be defined as a post-racial community. The book is a persuasive read for all.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781442238152
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
  • Height: 228 mm
  • No of Pages: 478
  • Spine Width: 35 mm
  • Weight: 699 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1442238151
  • Publisher Date: 18 Jun 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Sub Title: Psychoanalytic Perspectives
  • Width: 154 mm


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