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Mythopoetic Perspectives of Men's Healing Work: An Anthology for Therapists and Others

by Edward Read Barton. 290 pgs.

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Contents
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Part I Mythopoetic Men's Work and Theory Building 1
Chapter 1 Parallels Between Mythopoetic Men's Work/Men's Peer Mutual Support Groups and Selected Feminist Theories Edward Read Barton 3
Chapter 2 Beyond the Drum: An Exploratory Study of Group Processes in a Mythopoetic Men's Group Steve R. Wilson and Eric S. Mankowski 21
Chapter 3 Warriors and Fathers: Once Were Warriors and the Mythopoetic Understanding of Men's Violence Chris Bullock 46
Chapter 4 The Mythopoetic Interpretation of Texts: Hermeneutical Considerations David B. Perrin 59
Chapter 5 A Proposed Model for Comparing Writers in the Mythopoetic Branch of the Contemporary Men's Movement Thomas M. Brunner 75
Chapter 6 Silencing the Men's Movement: Gender, Ideology, and Popular Discourse Joel Morton 87
Chapter 7 Reconstructing Masculinity: Role Models in the Life Stories of Men's Peer Mutual Support Group Members Eric S. Mankowski 100
Part II Therapeutic Applications 119
Chapter 8 The Use of Myth and Quasi-Myth in Therapy Ross Thomas Lucas 121
Chapter 9 Working with Men from a Mythopoetic Perspective: An Integrity Therapy Framework Nedra R. Lander and Danielle Nahon 130
Chapter 10 Object Relations Perspectives of Masculine Initiation Wesley R. Goodenough 145
Chapter 11 The Therapeutic Status of the Mythopoetic Approach: A Psychological Perspective Daniel J. Richard 157
Part III Research on the ManKind Project 181
Chapter 12 Collaborative Research with a Men's Organization: Psychological Impact, Group Functioning, and Organizational Growth 183 Eric S. Mankowski , Kenneth L Maton , Christopher K. Burke , Sharon A. Hoover , and Clinton W Anderson
Chapter 13 Heuristic and Ethnographic Study of the ManKind Project: Initiating Men into a "New Masculinity" or a Repackaging of Dominant Controlling Patriarchy? Marty Pentz 204
Chapter 14 A Feminist Looks at the Men's Movement: Search for Common Ground Holly Sweet 229
Chapter 15 Men and the Search for Common Ground John Rowan 239
Chapter 16 Justice, Joy, and an End to the Gender Wars Amanda Goldrick-Jones 246
Conclusion 252
Glossary 257
Index 271
About the Editor and Contributors 279
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