Immigration and Acculturation :Mourning, Adaptation, and the Next Generation
Immigration and Acculturation :Mourning, Adaptation, and the Next Generation
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Published:
12 March, 2014
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| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781442235090 |
| ISBN10 | 1442235098 |
| Number Of Pages | 310 |
| Item Weight | 467 g |
| Product Dimensions | 153 x 231 x 22 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Format | paperback |
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Propelled by his own immigration experiences of coming from a vastly different culture, Salman Akhtar significantly updates his earlier work on the subject. With a psychoanalytic sensitivity, a comprehensive use of the literature, and incisive interviews with other immigrants, Dr. Akhtar covers not only the usual traumas of immigration but also a font of new areas such as work and money, friendships, marriage and divorce, old age, and last but not least, the politically motivated false arguments against immigration. -- Alan Roland Ph.D., faculty and senior member, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
In Immigration and Acculturation Salman Akhtar has once again demonstrated a rare ability to provide an understanding of the life cycle conflicts and stresses of immigrants as they attempt to adapt to a new culture. This timely book is important to all of us as we deal increasingly with growing numbers of immigrant patients, students, and colleagues. Akhtar's compassionate understanding of the immigrant therapist is moving and insightful. His seamless blending of multidisciplinary perspectives will especially interest mental health professionals and be an ideal teaching aid in the classroom. -- Marvin Margolis, MD, PhD, Past President, American Psychoanalytic Association
For the analytically oriented reader, the book presents a coherent and internally consistent discourse on immigration and therapy for the immigrant....regardless of one’s analytic orientation, there remains a treasure of accurate, well-documented, well-illustrated, and often surprising observations of immigrant life. Hence, the book is rewarding to all who are interested in this profound experience, whether they are immigrants or not. * Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry *
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Author's Bio
Salman Akhtar is professor of psychiatry at Jefferson Medical College and Training and Supervising Analyst at the Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia. His books include Immigration and Identity, Freud and the Far East, and The Crescent and the Couch.