Native American Postcolonial Psychology

Native American Postcolonial Psychology
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Publisher : SUNY Press
Total Pages : 252
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ISBN-10 : 0791423530
ISBN-13 : 9780791423530
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Book Synopsis Native American Postcolonial Psychology by : Eduardo Duran

Download or read book Native American Postcolonial Psychology written by Eduardo Duran and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1995-03-30 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book presents a theoretical discussion of problems and issues encountered in the Native American community from a perspective that accepts Native knowledge as legitimate. Native American cosmology and metaphor are used extensively in order to deal with specific problems such as alcoholism, suicide, family, and community problems. The authors discuss what it means to present material from the perspective of a people who have legitimate ways of knowing and conceptualizing reality and show that it is imperative to understand intergenerational trauma and internalized oppression in order to understand the issues facing Native Americans today."--pub. website.


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