Immigration and Identity: Turmoil, Treatment, and Transformation

by Salman Akhtar

Book Overview

Why do people migrate from one country to another? What is the difference between an immigrant and an exile? What determines the psychological outcome of immigration? Can one ever mourn the loss of one's country? What are the defensive functions of nostalgia? Are there specific guidelines for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for immigrant patients? How can the therapist disentangle the patient's cultural rationalizations from underlying intrapsychic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0765702320
• ISBN13: 9780765702326
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Jason Aronson
• Length: 220 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"