Acknowledgment

Contributors

1 Some Cultural Vicissitudes of Child Rearing

Selma Kramer, M.D.

2 Emotional Refueling in Development, Mythology, and Cosmology: The Japanese Seperation-Individuation Experience

Daniel M.A. Freeman, M.D.

3 A Cross-Cultural Perspective on Separation-Individuation Theory Discussion of Freeman's Chapter "Emotional Refueling in Development, Mythology, and Cosmology: The Japanese Seperation-Individuation Experience"

Calvin F. Settlage, M.D.

4 Mothers and Others: Bonding, Separation-Individuation, and Resultant Ego Development in Different African-American Cultures

Carlotta Miles, M.D.

5 Psychoanalysis and the Rainbow of Cultural Authenticity Discussion of Miles' Chapter "Mothers and Others: Bonding, Separation-Individuation, and Resultant Ego Development in Different African-American Cultures"

Salman Akhtar, M.D.

6 The Emergence, Conflicts, and Integration of the Bicultural Self: Psychoanalysis of an Adolescent Daughter of South-Asian Immigrant Parents

Purnima Mehta, M.D.

7 Reflections of the Self in the Cultural Looking Glass Discussions of Mehta's Chapter "The Emergence, Conflicts, and Integration of the Bicultural Self: Psychoanalysis of an Adolescent Daughter of South-Asian Immigrant Parents"

Jennifer Bonovitz, PH.D.

8 The Impact of the Cultural Holding Environment on Psychic Development Concluding Reflections

Henri Parens, M.D.

Index