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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785360403321

Autore

Smith Barbara Fletchman

Titolo

Mental slavery : psychoanalytic studies of Caribbean people / / by Barbara Fletchman Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge, , 2018

ISBN

0-429-91621-3

0-429-90198-4

0-429-47721-X

1-282-90092-7

9786612900921

1-84940-299-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (167 p.)

Disciplina

158.1

616.89009729

Soggetti

Psychoanalysis and culture - United States

Slavery - Psychological aspects

Caribbean Americans - Psychology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Historical and thereotical -- pt. 2. The case histories.

Sommario/riassunto

Barbara Fletchman Smith examines the complex effects of the experience of slavery and its impact on generations of Caribbean people whether they live in the West Indies or elsewhere. The author brings many subtle insights to a fascinating subject, drawing on her detailed knowledge of many Caribbean cultures, both past and present. This is a must for trainees, clinicians and all who have an interest psychoanalysis and cultural studies.