Out Of The Shadows: The Psychology of Gay Men's Lives - Tapa blanda

Odets, Walt

 
9780141990149: Out Of The Shadows: The Psychology of Gay Men's Lives
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ISBN 10: 0141990147 ISBN 13: 9780141990149
Editorial: Penguin Books, 2020

Sinopsis

'Odets's warm and lyrical voice, his inspiring picture of how imaginative gay life can be, has sent me queuing for the couch.' Evening Standard

'A gay man could read this book as if his life depended on it - and perhaps it does' Andrew Holleran, author of Dancer from the Dance

Even in our modern progressive world, it's not easy to be a gay man. While young men often come out more readily, even those from the most liberal of backgrounds still struggle to accept themselves and experience stigma, shame and difficulties with intimate relationships. They also suffer from ongoing trauma wrought by the AIDS epidemic, something that is all too often relegated to history.

Drawing on a lifetime's work as a clinical psychologist, Walt Odets uses the stories of his patients as well as those of his own deep relationships with other gay men to illuminate how these difficulties may be overcome. From a 74-year-old who only felt able to come out after his wife had died, to the boy raised in a strict religious family who worked his way to San Francisco, to the middle-aged defence lawyer who left everything behind to embrace a new life, the experiences here explore everything from grief to survival, childhood pain to the definition of gay itself. Out of the Shadows shows us how a new way forward is possible through learning to accept ourselves and others as they are, and independently inventing our own lives.

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Acerca del autor

Walt Odets is a clinical psychologist and writer. He is the author of In the Shadow of the Epidemic: Being HIV-Negative in the Age of AIDS. He lives in Berkeley, where he has practised psychology since 1987.

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Even in our modern progressive world, it's not easy to be a gay man. While young gay men often come out more readily, even those from the most liberal of backgrounds still struggle to accept themselves and experience stigma, shame and difficulties with intimate relationships. They also suffer from ongoing trauma wrought by the AIDS epidemic, something that is all too often relegated to history. Drawing on a lifetime's work as a clinical psychologist, Walt Odets uses the stories of his patients as well as the stories of his own deep relationships with other gay men to illuminate these difficulties and how they may be overcome. He explores everything from how defining gay men as merely "homosexuals" is reductive and damaging to their emotional lives, to the way stigma, shame and trauma continue to shift and follow gay men throughout their lives even as society becomes - on a surface level - more accepting. He shows us how a new way forward is possible through rejecting the currently-fashionable assimilation politics, learning to accept ourselves and others as they are, and independently inventing our own lives.

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Editorial
Penguin Books
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0141990147
ISBN 13 
9780141990149
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
352
Contacto del fabricante
Penguin
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Madrid
Madrid
España

Otras ediciones populares con el mismo título

9780241388068: Out Of The Shadows: Reimagining Gay Men’s Lives

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ISBN 10:  0241388066 ISBN 13:  9780241388068
Editorial: Penguin Books, 2019
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