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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewPropelled by his own immigration experiences of coming from a vastly different culture, Salman Akhtar significantly updates his earlier work on the subject. With a psychoanalytic sensitivity, a comprehensive use of the literature, and incisive interviews with other immigrants, Dr. Akhtar covers not only the usual traumas of immigration but also a font of new areas such as work and money, friendships, marriage and divorce, old age, and last but not least, the politically motivated false arguments against immigration. -- Alan Roland Ph.D., faculty and senior member, National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis
In Immigration and Acculturation Salman Akhtar has once again demonstrated a rare ability to provide an understanding of the life cycle conflicts and stresses of immigrants as they attempt to adapt to a new culture. This timely book is important to all of us as we deal increasingly with growing numbers of immigrant patients, students, and colleagues. Akhtar's compassionate understanding of the immigrant therapist is moving and insightful. His seamless blending of multidisciplinary perspectives will especially interest mental health professionals and be an ideal teaching aid in the classroom. -- Marvin Margolis, MD, PhD, Past President, American Psychoanalytic Association
For the analytically oriented reader, the book presents a coherent and internally consistent discourse on immigration and therapy for the immigrant....regardless of one’s analytic orientation, there remains a treasure of accurate, well-documented, well-illustrated, and often surprising observations of immigrant life. Hence, the book is rewarding to all who are interested in this profound experience, whether they are immigrants or not. * Journal Of Clinical Psychiatry *
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Part I: Leaving and Arriving 1. The Trauma of Geographical Dislocation Part II: Being and Becoming 2. Work and Money 3. Sex and Marriage 4. Friendship and Socialization 5. Religion and Politics Part III: The Dusk and the Dawn 6. Encountering Middle Age and Getting Old 7. The Next Generation Part IV: The Wounded Healer 8. Challenges of Being an Immigrant Therapist Appendix: Films about Immigration, Acculturation, and the Next Generation References Index About the Author
