La voce calda e lirica di Odets, la sua immagine ispiratrice di quanto possa essere fantasiosa la vita gay, mi hanno fatto fare la fila per il divano. Evening Standard ''Un uomo gay potrebbe leggere questo libro come se la sua vita dipendesse da questo, e forse è così'' Andrew Holleran, autore di Dancer from the Dance Anche nel nostro moderno mondo progressista, non è facile essere gay. Mentre i giovani uomini spesso escono allo scoperto più facilmente, persino quelli provenienti dalle origini più liberali hanno ancora difficoltà ad accettare se stessi e sperimentano stigma, vergogna e difficoltà nelle relazioni intime. Soffrono anche di un trauma continuo provocato dall'epidemia di AIDS, qualcosa che troppo spesso viene relegato alla storia. Attingendo al lavoro di una vita come psicologo clinico, Walt Odets usa le storie dei suoi pazienti e quelle delle sue profonde relazioni con altri uomini gay per illuminare come queste difficoltà possano essere superate. Da un 74enne che si è sentito in grado di fare coming out solo dopo la morte della moglie, al ragazzo cresciuto in una famiglia religiosa severa che si è fatto strada fino a San Francisco, all'avvocato difensore di mezza età che ha lasciato tutto alle spalle per abbracciare una nuova vita, le esperienze qui esplorano tutto, dal dolore alla sopravvivenza, dal dolore infantile alla definizione stessa di gay. Out of the Shadows ci mostra come una nuova via da seguire sia possibile imparando ad accettare noi stessi e gli altri per come sono, e inventando in modo indipendente le nostre vite.
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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.
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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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. A moving, humane and empathetic psychological exploration of gay men's emotional lives- through pain, trauma, love, loss, survival and self-acceptanceEven 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. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780141990149
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Paperback. Condizione: New. '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 DanceEven 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. Codice articolo LU-9780141990149
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