With culture in mind : psychoanalytic stories / edited by Muriel Dimen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dimen, Muriel.

Series:

Relational perspectives book series ; v. 50.

Relational perspectives book series ; v. 50

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Object relations (Psychoanalysis).

Interpersonal relations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 197 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Routledge, [2011]

Summary:

This is a new kind of anthology. More conversation than collection, it locates the psychic and the social in clinical moments illuminating the analyst's struggle to grasp a patient's internal life as voiced through individual political, social, and material contexts. Each chapter is a single detailed case vignette in which aspects of race, gender, sexual orientation, heritage, ethnicity, class elements of the sociopolitical matrix of culture are brought to the fore in the transference-countertransference dimension, demonstrating how they affect the analytic encounter. Additionally, discussions by three senior analysts further deconstruct patients' and analysts' cultural embeddedness as illustrated in each chapter. For the practicing clinician as well as the seasoned academic, this highly readable and intellectually compelling book clearly demonstrates that culture saturates subjective experience - something that all mental health professionals should keep in mind.

Contents:

Part I The Social Third

Chapter 1 Melissa: Lost in a Fog, or "How Difficult Is This MOMMY Stuff, Anyway?" / Maura Sheehy Sheehy, Maura 11

Chapter 2 Darren and Stephen: Erotic Interludes in Political Transference / Stephen Hartman Hartman, Stephen 19

Chapter 3 Li-an: Wounded by War / Glenys Lobban Lobban, Glenys 25

Chapter 4 Mariana: An MS Patient in My Office / Olga Pugachevsky Pugachevsky, Olga 31

Chapter 5 Dori: "O Thou Seer, Go, Flee Thee" / Eyal Rozmarin Rozmarin, Eyal 35

Chapter 6 Ede: Race, the Law, and I / Orna Guralnik Guralnik, Orna 41

Facing Reality Together: Discussion of "The Social Third" / Jessica Benjamin Benjamin, Jessica 49

Part II Interpellations

Chapter 7 Raven: Travels in Reality / Orna Guralnik Guralnik, Orna 67

Chapter 8 Darren With Dominic: From the Social the Psychic / Stephen Hartman Hartman, Stephen 75

Chapter 9 Glenys: White or Not / Glenys Lobban Lobban, Glenys 81

Chapter 10 David and Jonathan: The Hostility of Discourse / Eyal Rozmarin Rozmarin, Eyal 87

Chapter 11 Amy: The Intersection of Body and History / Olga Pugachevsky Pugachevsky, Olga 93

Chapter 12 Anonymous: Floaters / Maura Sheehy Sheehy, Maura 99

Bringing History to Mind: Discussion of "Interpellations" / Susie Orbach Orbach, Susie 107

Part III Subjective Experience, Collective Narratives

Chapter 13 Interpellating Grace / Orna Guralnik Guralnik, Orna 123

Chapter 14 Darren Then Harvey: The Incest Taboo Reconsidered, the Collective Unconscious Reprised / Stephen Hartman Hartman, Stephen 129

Chapter 15 Asaf: 1 Am Yourself / Eyal Rozmarin Rozmarin, Eyal 137

Chapter 16 DeShawn: Beyond the Color Blindness in Gender / Avgi Saketopoulou Saketopoulou, Avgi 143

Chapter 17 Lynn, Ben, Lucy: Forbidden To Be / Olga Pugachevsky Pugachevsky, Olga 149

Chapter 18 Martha: Resignification Road / Glenys Lobban Lobban, Glenys 155

Letters to the Authors: Discussion of "Subjective Experience, Collective Narratives" / Andrew Samuels Samuels, Andrew 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9780415884860

0415884861

9780415884877

041588487X

9780203840665

0203840666

OCLC:

617619344