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 | | The Hyphenated American: The Hidden Injuries of Culture (Contributions in Psychology) by John C. Papajohn ISBN-10: 0313309302 ISBN-10: 0-313-30930-2 ISBN-13: 9780313309304 ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30930-4 Hardcover 1999-10-30 Greenwood Press Find Lowest Price |
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Product Description Papajohn provides a collection of detailed case histories used to explore the effect of culture change on the psychological functioning of white Americans who derive from different ethnic backgrounds. Both individual and marital conflicts are analyzed to highlight the impact of one's cultural heritage on adjustments to mainstream American society. This book is designed to provide therapists with important insights in treating "hyphenated Americans," who are the grandchildren (third generation) of the original immigrants. It will also be of interest to laypersons since it is written in a clear and jargonless language. The modes of thinking, feeling, and acting of the original immigrants are shown to persist over generations and to impact on their children's children. Kluckhohn's theory of variations in orientation is employed to examine the culture change that children and grandchildren of immigrants undergo in interfacing with American society. This is done in the context of intensive psychotherapy with individuals and couples who derive from different ethnic backgrounds. Three individual and three marital therapy cases are analyzed. A culturally enlightened conceptualization by the therapist is shown to enhance the treatment process and lead to a more effective therapeutic resolution. | ||
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an insight and reminder of what is culturally "an ordinary American" This is an essential contribution to everyone who wants to understand the truth and complexity of interacting with each other on any closer than "have a nice day" level. Every physician and not to mention psychologist or psychiatrist should study this book and get an insight and reminder into what is culturally "an ordinary American". Slavenka Kam-Hansen, M.D., Ph.D | ||
An excellent work; wish it could be expanded A no-nonsense look at the ways in which "ethnic" or "ethnocultural" (i.e. non Anglo-Saxon) backgrounds can have ramifications in the values, lifestyles, and psyches of the children and grandchildren of immigrants to the United States. Written in non-technical language, it's very clear and accessible to the educated reader. Written by a psychologist from Harvard Medical School, only treats Greek-, Jewish-, Italian-, and WASP Americans, using case studies, some of individuals and some of "mixed" marriages (made up of the preceding [sub]cultures). Valuable because it treats a subject regarded by some as a blindspot in the American social sciences, but doesn't ride the hobby horse of political correctness or engage in a polemical denunciation of "mainstream" American culture (but *doesn't* pathologize non-mainstream ones either). Very readable (I read it in two days); also broken up into different sections so you don't need to read it straight through if you're only interested in certain parts. The author has a barebones website at [..], although it relates primarily to his current clinical practice. One of those books that's full of common sense, unless you don't believe such a thing exists. | ||