The African American Urban Male's Journey to Success
Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Social Class
By (author) Mead Goedert
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Publication date:
14 June 2016Length of book:
194 pagesPublisher
Lexington BooksISBN-13: 9781498528573
The African American Urban Male’s Journey to Success: Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Race, Gender, and Social Class is an exploration of the interconnected nature of psychodynamics and social factors, especially in relation to experiences with success. Goedert uses a psychoanalytic lens to examine the roles of race, gender, and social class in the experiences of five professional African American men who transcended their origins in urban poverty. Through rich quotes and depictions, this book thematically explores the commonalities between each of their interpersonal and intrapsychic experiences, and provides implications for future research, policy, and practice. Recommended for scholars of psychology, sociology, social work, race studies, and gender studies.
Mr. Goedert has taken on the monumental task of exploring a people that are socially considered without redemption or, in Fanon’s terms, ‘the Wretched of the Earth.’ And he has done an outstanding job of it. Although scholarly research on lower-class Black men remains in the infancy stage, the psychoanalytic study of these men is almost nonexistent. Mr. Goedert’s work is exemplary for both as he so thoroughly documents the external and internal struggles of these men through a psychoanalytic lens; he validates both. This book is a must-read for mental health clinicians treating lower-class Black men or members of their families, as well as those in the social services.