Immigration and Identity: Turmoil, Treatment, and Transformation

by Salman Akhtar

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Why do people migrate from one country to another? What is the difference between an immigrant and an exile? What determines the psychological outcome of immigration? Can one ever mourn the loss of one's country? What are the defensive functions of nostalgia? Are there specific guidelines for psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for immigrant patients? How can the therapist disentangle the patient's cultural rationalizations from underlying intrapsychic...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0765702320

ISBN13:9780765702326

Release Date:November 1999

Publisher:Globe Pequot Publishing Group Inc/Bloomsbury

Length:220 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:1.0" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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