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Black Rage
Author(s) -
Steven Hirsch
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
family process
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.011
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1545-5300
pISSN - 0014-7370
DOI - 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1969.138_4.x
Subject(s) - rage (emotion) , citation , psychology , computer science , library science , social psychology
If you are attracted to this book by its title you may find it disappointing. It is not about aggression turned outward, about the anger of the blacks, or about the fury which black Americans may vent on the white society they feel oppresses them. Rather, it is a book written by two black psychiatrists about the American Negro's aggression turned inwards?his sense of grief, depression, and self-debasement and the forces, both whiteaf black, which bring this about. It is a readable account, wri'1 for the laymen. An account tha( increasingly relevant to Britain conditions here become more 3