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The velvet rage : overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world / Alan Downs, Ph.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Downs, Alan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Psychology.
- Gay men.
- Gay men--Social conditions.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Psychological aspects.
- Coming out (Sexual orientation).
- Shame.
- Psychological aspects.
- Genre:
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xvii, 252 pages ; 21 cm
- regular print
- Edition:
- Completely revised and updated second edition.
- First Da Capo Press edition.
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, MA : Da Capo Life Long, 2012.
- Summary:
- Offers advice on how gay men can overcome their deep-seated feelings of shame, which is often associated with their earliest childhood experiences and the ambivalent relationship they have with their own father.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The roots of rage
- The little boy with the big secret
- Ugly truths & high fashion dreams
- Out & raging
- Drowning
- Bewitched, betrayed
- The real me: a crisis of identity
- Paying the piper
- Stuck in shame: the vicious cycle
- In the mood for a man
- What's it all about?: a crisis of meaning
- Mighty real
- Healing relationship trauma
- The road to contentment
- Skills for living an authentic life
- Epilogue : this Peter Pan grows up.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (page 239) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0738215678
- 9780738215679
- OCLC:
- 794592768
- Publisher Number:
- 99989520444
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