Internalized oppression : the psychology of marginalized groups

Book 2013

The oppression of various groups has taken place throughout human history. People are stereotyped, discriminated against, and treated unjustly simply because of their social group membership. But what does it look like when the oppression that people face from the outside gets under their skin? Long overdue, this is the first book to highlight the universality of internalized oppression across marginalized groups in the United States from a menta...

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Intergroup relations

Marginality, Social Psychological aspects

Minorities

Oppression (Psychology)

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ISBN:

9780826199256

Description:

xxvi, 301 pages ; 23 cm

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Part I. Introduction
1. What is internalized oppression, and so what? / E.J.R. David and Annie O. Derthick
Part II. America's Indigenous peoples
2. The internalized oppression of North American Indigenous peoples / John Gonzalez, Estelle Simard, Twyla Baker-Demaray, and Chase Iron Eyes
3. Internalized oppression and Alaska native peoples: "We have to go through the problem" / Jordan Lewis, James Allen, and Elizabeth Fleagle
4. Internalized oppression among Pacific Island peoples / Michael Salzman and Poka Laenui
Part III. Marginalized racial/ethnic communities
5. Self-hatred, self-doubt, and assimilation in Latina/o communities: las consequencias de colonización y opresión / Carlos P. Hipolito-Delgado, Stephany Gallegos Payan, and Teresa I. Baca
6. Internalized racial oppression in the African American community / Tamba-Kuii M. Bailey, Wendi S. Williams, and Brian Favors
7. Asian Americans and internalized oppression: Do we deserve this? / James B. Millan and Alvin N. Alvarez
Part IV. Socially devalued groups
8. Girls, women, and internalized sexism / Steve Bearman and Marielle Amrhein
9. Internalized oppression and the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community / Kevin L. Nadal and RJ Mendoza
10. Disability and internalized oppression / Brian Watermeyer and Tristan Görgens

LCCN:

2013034826

Control Number:

3047647

Other Authors:

David, E. J. R. (Eric John Ramos)

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