The African American Experience: Psychoanalytic Perspectives

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1442238151
• ISBN13: 9781442238152
• Release Date: June 2014
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 478 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher