Full Description
Trauma and Repair: Confronting segregation and violence in America is an interview-based interdisciplinary exploration of complex trauma in low-income communities and neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland; Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Elaine, Arkansas. Moving fluidly between the respondents' life narratives and clinical and academic perspectives on trauma and inequality, Stopford depicts multidimensional and intergenerational trauma, including prolonged economic injustice and repeated exposure to community violence. Written in an accessible and engaging style that draws on insights from sociology, public health, history, legal studies, and clinical psychoanalysis, this original study is a vital addition to the literature on inequality and poverty in the United States.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by William Julius Wilson
Introduction
Chapter One: Psychosocial Research: An Intersubjective Approach
Chapter Two: Trauma, Violence, and Segregation
Chapter Three: Segregation and Complex Trauma: Baltimore, Past and Present
Chapter Four: Oakland's Trauma Zones
Chapter Five: Elaine, Arkansas: The Multigenerational Legacy of White Supremacy
Chapter Six: "Y' all know it's not fixed": Violence in New Orleans
Conclusion: Injury and Repair
References
Index
About the Author