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The burden of heritage : hauntings of generational trauma on black lives / Aileen Alleyne.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alleyne, Aileen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Generational trauma.
- Psychic trauma.
- Black people--Psychology.
- Black people.
- Black people--Race identity.
- Intergenerational relations.
- Collective memory.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 304 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Karnac Books, 2022.
- Contents:
- Transgenerational and intergenerational trauma
- Trauma legacies
- Understanding trauma
- The nature of hauntings
- Shame and its vicissitudes
- Shame and its role in black identity wounding
- The chokehold of historical enmeshment
- Intersectionality and racialized trauma
- Working therapeutically with generational trauma
- Healing from the burden of our heritage
- Epilogue
- Appendix I: Glossary of terms
- Appendix II: Recognizing my own ancestral burden
- Appendix III: Values and principles underpinning good practice in working with issues of difference and diversity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-295) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781913494254 (electronic bk.)
- 191349425X (electronic bk.)
- Publisher Number:
- 40031553271
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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