Coming Out of Shame - Hardcover

Kaufman Ph.D., Gershon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385477953 ISBN 13: 9780385477956

Publisher: Doubleday, 1995

Synopsis

Stating that the lives of gays and lesbians are typically shaped by guilt, shame, and other negative factors, a study of the historical and cultural sources of gay shame presents an affirming argument for homosexual pride and coming out.

About this title

About the Author:

Gershon Kaufman, PhD, is the author of several works on the subject of shame including, Coming Out of Shame: Transforming Gay and Lesbian Lives. He is a professor at Michigan State University and lectures on shame and self-esteem.

Lev Raphael, PhD, is the author of several works including a collection of short stories, Dancing on Tisha B’Av. He teaches creative writing, popular literature, and Jewish American literature at Michigan State University.

From Library Journal:

Psychologist and psychotherapist Kaufman (Shame: The Power of Caring, Shenckman, 1981) has been publishing on shame for two decades; Raphael, his life partner of ten years, is best known for his fiction (Winter Eyes, St. Martin's, 1992). Together they present the main features of shame theory based on the work of Silvan Tomkins; they then move on to examine how internalized shame and fear impact on self-esteem, identity, and intimacy, specifically in the life experiences of lesbians and gay men. Maintaining that the self is continuously evolving, the authors offer "reparenting" imagery to transform scenes in an attempt to help make patterns of emotion more visible and thus diminish shame in individuals and relationships, as well as facilitate resolution of such issues as sexual monogamy. The use of humor and examples from case studies help mitigate the text's redundancy. The technical terminology somewhat obscures the many insights in this book clearly intended for the sophisticated layperson. For public collections strong on gay issues.?James E. Van Buskirk, San Francisco P.L.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Doubleday
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0385477953
• ISBN 13: 9780385477956
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 287