Intimate Relationships in China in the Light of Depth Psychology: A Study of Gender and Integrity

ISBN-13: 9780367369286 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 216 str.

Huan Wang

Opis

Huan Wang presents an overview of Jungian ideas as they apply to gender roles and relationships in contemporary Chinese culture. Moving beyond a Western interpretation of key concepts, Wang attempts to understand and deal with the difficulties of contemporary marriages in a rapidly changing society.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction;  Chapter 2: The Notions of Femininity and Maculinity and Men and Women in China;  Chapter 3: The History of Developing Psychoanalysis and Analytical Psychology in China;  Chapter 4: The Applicability of Analytical Psychology in China: How a Western Psychological Lens Might Be Adapted in the East;  Chapter 5: Experiences, Disappointments and Expectations: Interviews with Young Urban Chinese Couples;  Chapter 6: The Peony Pavilion as a Picture of Sexual Individuation;  Chapter 7: Unresolved Oedipal Conflicts and Narcissim-Typical Difficulties for Marriage and Individuation for Young Chinese Today: Two Clinical Case Studies;  Chapter 8: Some Concluding Reflections: Marriage as a Psychological Relationship in China;  References; Index

O autorze

Huan Wang, Ph.D., is a researcher and graduate of the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at the University of Essex, UK.