Autorentext

Yao Lin is a psychotherapist in private practice, a psychoanalyst in training as a candidate of the International Psychoanalysis Association and received her PhD from the Department of Anthropology and Cultural Research at the University of Bremen.

Klappentext

Based on interviews with three generations of three families, this book clarifies why the Cultural Revolution in China had a uniquely traumatic impact on those affected, and shows the forms this trauma has taken in the lives of their second and third generations at both inter-subjective and intra-psychic levels.

Inhalt

Part One 1. Introduction Part Two: Theoretical Framework 2. Trauma Theories in Psychoanalysis 3. A Selective Survey of Literature on the Trans-Generational Transmission of Trauma Part Three: My Investigation 4. Research Field: The Cultural Revolution and its Cultural and Social Uniqueness 5. My Field Work in China 6. Case 1 - Hua's Family: Guo, Hua and Rui 7. Case 2 - Qing's Family: Hong, Qing and Yang 8. Case 3 - Ying's Family: Lan, Ying and Mei 9. Discussion and Conclusion