Author : Teresa C. Trinh
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Book Synopsis The Somatic Experience of Asian Americans in Dominant Culture Spaces by : Teresa C. Trinh
Download or read book The Somatic Experience of Asian Americans in Dominant Culture Spaces written by Teresa C. Trinh and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an age when the truth of White supremacy is acknowledged by most, when racial oppression is recognized as trauma, and when psychotherapists understand that trauma exists not only in the psyche but also in the body, it is of great value for clinicians to examine the intersection of somatic psychology and internalized racial oppression. This thesis looks at the somatic experience of internalized racial oppression specific to Asian Americans in the United States. By integrating analyses of themes and theories from various texts with a hermeneutic methodology, this thesis aims to answer the following research question: How does the internalized experience of racism manifest in the ways Asian Americans somatically respond to power relations in dominant White culture spaces? Findings reveal that internalized racism can show up somatically in Asian Americans in an embodied experience of silencing, invisibility, and isolation from various racial groups.