A01=Barbara Fletchman Smith
Acute Schizophrenic State
Author_Barbara Fletchman Smith
Baby's Legs
Baby’s Legs
Barbara Fletchman Smith
break
Breakdown
butterflies
caribbean
Caribbean Origin
Caribbean People
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clinical case studies
complex
Creole English Dictionaries
Educational Therapy
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family dynamics UK diaspora
Father's Stomach
Father’s Stomach
Galton
Guyanese Working People
Held
holiday
Holiday Break
intergenerational trauma
Large Family
Mental Slavery
Morpho
Morpho Butterflies
oedipus
Oedipus Complex
origin
postcolonial trauma
psychoanalytic perspectives on Caribbean migration
psychotic
Psychotic Breakdown
racial identity formation
Rival Theatre Companies
Sadomasochistic Couple
Trans-racially Adopted
transcultural psychoanalysis
USA
Wife's Side
Wife’s Side
Wo
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780367107253
- Weight: 470g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 17 Jun 2019
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Mental Slavery is a unique and timely contribution to the field of trans-cultural psychoanalysis, casting light on an area previously neglected within mainstream psychoanalytic writing. The author examines the complex effects of the experience of slavery and its impact on generations of Caribbean people, with particular reference to families who have settled in the UK. She brings many subtle insights to a fascinating subject, drawing on her detailed knowledge of many Caribbean cultures, both past and present. Through vivid examples from her clinical practice, the author argues for a much wider perspective on the issues presented by Caribbean patients, and the role played in these by the historical past. Misunderstanding of Caribbean patients which, formerly, had been blamed on racist attitudes on the part of the therapist, is here revealed in a new light. Although the author does not deny that racist attitudes exist, throughout her book she presents a powerful case for a more discerning approach to both the negative and positive aspects of the Caribbean experience.
Barbara Fletchman Smith
