{"product_id":"cultural-resistance-by-kaethe-weingarten-9781560247487","title":"Cultural Resistance","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn everyday life—in relationships, in various institutions, in texts—cultural premises influence and sometimes limit individuals' thoughts, actions, and ideas. \u003cem\u003eCultural Resistance: Challenging Beliefs About Men, Women, and Therapy\u003c\/em\u003e analyses cultural constraints and encourages therapists, individuals, and communities to practise cultural resistance on a daily basis, allowing for the realisation of diverse and suppressed knowledges.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCultural Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e shows general patterns by which some ideas in a culture become accepted and others are marginalised. It proposes ways individuals and communities can resist the hold of limiting ideas on their lives. In the postmodern tradition, Editor Kaethe Weingarten brings together authors who ask and offer answers to the question, “What is not present in our thinking?” Each chapter invites therapists to extend their thinking about the scope of their work.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTopics covered include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003echallenging cultural beliefs about mothers\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003etransforming masculine identities\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003elesbian and gay parents\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003ea narrative approach to anorexia\/bulimia\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eperspectives on the Black woman and sexual trauma, focusing on Thomas v. Hill\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eopening therapy to conversations with a personal god\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003enew conversations on controversial issues\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe chapters in \u003cem\u003eCultural Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e first describe cultural premises that constrain the lives of women, men, and\/or therapists and then develop an approach to resisting these constraints. A response follows each chapter in an effort to promote discourse, extend meanings, and encourage learning between professionals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCultural Resistance\u003c\/em\u003e yields new perspectives on the nature of social change and the relationships between individuals and culture. It offers valuable insights to family therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers who want to broaden their thinking and approach. It gives therapists a fresh, new way of thinking about themselves, others, and their conversations through applications which may be professional, personal, or both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47605559525612,"sku":"9781560247487","price":259.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781560247487-cultural-resistance.jpg?v=1778131597","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/cultural-resistance-by-kaethe-weingarten-9781560247487","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}