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Transcending the legacies of slavery : a psychoanalytic view /
This book puts psychological trauma at its centre. Using psychoanalysis, it assesses what was lost, how it was lost and how the loss is compulsively repeated over generations. There is a conceptualization of this trauma as circular. Such a situation makes it stubbornly persistent. It is suggested th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Karnac Books,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | This book puts psychological trauma at its centre. Using psychoanalysis, it assesses what was lost, how it was lost and how the loss is compulsively repeated over generations. There is a conceptualization of this trauma as circular. Such a situation makes it stubbornly persistent. It is suggested that central to the system of slavery was the separating out of procreation from maternity and paternity. This was achieved through the particular cruelties of separating couples at the first sign of loving interest in each other; and separating infants from their mothers. Cruelty disturbed the natura. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 123 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 113-115) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781849409070 1849409072 9781780498478 1780498470 1283370212 9781283370219 9780429908965 0429908962 9780429484193 0429484194 |