Intimate relationships in China in the light of depth psychology : a study of gender and integrity / Huan Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Huan, 1981- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marriage--China.

Marriage.

Couples.

Psychology.

China.

Couples--China--Psychology.

Sex role--China.

Sex role.

Couples--Psychology.

Physical Description:

216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020.

Summary:

"In Intimate Relationships in China in the Light of Depth Psychology: A Study of Gender and Integrity, Huan Wang presents an overview of Jungian ideas as they apply to gender roles and relationships in contemporary Chinese culture. Moving beyond a Western interpretation of key concepts, Wang attempts to understand and deal with the difficulties of contemporary marriages in a rapidly changing society, investigating how young Chinese couples have been affected by traditional values, Westernisation, and the one-child policy. Wang also discusses how depth psychology has developed and been applied in China, highlighting how it differs in Chinese and Western settings and the problems and achievements Chinese people have faced. She concludes that the Chinese psyche today is experiencing a transition from the compliance of collectivism to the awareness of individuation, and that the rediscovery of the notion of integrity will help Chinese therapists to find their way, make young Chinese people independent individuals, and bring a new approach to their marriage"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

The notions of femininity and masculinity and men and women in China

The history of developing psychoanalysis and analytical psychology in China

The applicability of analytical psychology in China: how a Western psychological lens might be adapted in the East

Experiences, disappointments and expectations: interviews with young urban Chinese couples

The peony pavilion as a picture of sexual individuation

Unresolved Oedipal conflicts and narcissism-typical difficulties for marriage and individuation for young Chinese today: two clinical case studies

Some concluding reflections: marriage as a psychological relationship in China.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Wang, Huan, 1981- Intimate relationships in China in the light of depth psychology.

ISBN:

9780367369279

0367369273

9780367369286

0367369281

OCLC:

1130763511