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Trauma and Repair

Confronting Segregation and Violence in America

Annie Stopford - Foreword by William Julius Wilson

Trauma and Repair: Confronting segregation and violence in America is an interview-based interdisciplinary exploration of complex trauma in low-income communities and neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland; Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Elaine, Arkansas. Moving fluidly between the respondents’ life narratives and clinical and academic perspectives on trauma and inequality, Stopford depicts multidimensional and intergenerational trauma, including prolonged economic injustice and repeated exposure to community violence. Written in an accessible and engaging style that draws on insights from sociology, public health, history, legal studies, and clinical psychoanalysis, this original study is a vital addition to the literature on inequality and poverty in the United States.

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Lexington Books
Pages: 200 • Trim: 6½ x 9
978-1-4985-6559-2 • Hardback • August 2020 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-6561-5 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
Series: Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts
Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Health Geography

Annie Stopford, Ph.D., is independent scholar.

Acknowledgments

Foreword by William Julius Wilson

Introduction

Chapter One: Psychosocial Research: An Intersubjective Approach

Chapter Two: Trauma, Violence, and Segregation

Chapter Three: Segregation and Complex Trauma: Baltimore, Past and Present

Chapter Four: Oakland’s Trauma Zones

Chapter Five: Elaine, Arkansas: The Multigenerational Legacy of White Supremacy

Chapter Six: “Y’ all know it’s not fixed”: Violence in New Orleans

Conclusion: Injury and Repair

References

Index

About the Author

Stopford provides a sometimes stark, oftentimes heart-breaking, and consistently informative 'eyes wide open' look at the consequences of community violence and racial segregation in the US. It is likely tempting for some to consider segregation in this country a thing of the past. But, as this author so clearly shows, segregation still comes in all shapes and sizes and involves much more than physical barriers or written policies. This book is not—nor should it be—an easy read. But Stopford employs a toolkit of psychological and sociological observations with adeptness and clarity to reveal the clinical and sociological impacts of marginalization, trauma, violence, and economic disparity. The narratives shared by Stopford's respondents are rich and moving, revealing lived experiences in Baltimore, Maryland; Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Elainen, Arkansas. These are presented as real narratives—not "general" but instead, and more importantly, unvarnished and pure. Stopford's use of this technique offers readers a clear foray into past injustice and a realistic assessment of current injustice, allowing her to show not only what needs to be done to end such systemic trauma in the present but also how we might begin to repair the damage already done. A must read for students, instructors, and all others, across the board! Highly recommended.


— Choice Reviews


Trauma and Repair: Confronting Segregation and Violence in America is not an easy read—nor should it be. A consummate interviewer, antiracist activist, interdisciplinary scholar, and psychoanalytic clinician, Annie Stopford “gets proximate” with the people whose stories are told in these extraordinary chapters. Boldly confronting the collective disavowals and denials of those of us who live more privileged lives, Stopford’s chapters make painfully clear that the conditions that pass for normal in our segregated and deeply racist society are worse than abnormal: they are immoral and pathological. Still, we are awed by the people we meet here, who have all somehow managed creatively to sustain their humanity and love of community while living and working in traumatizing conditions of historical, structural, and community violence. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares to know what it takes to repair our broken social world.
— Lynne Layton, Harvard Medical School; author of Toward a Social Psychoanalysis: Character, Culture and Normative Unconscious Processes


Annie Stopford's work, Trauma and Repair, is profoundly moving, informative, and honest. She refuses to appease America's appetite for euphemistic portrayals of those trapped through the generational legacy of historical trauma by giving voice to those who live on the other side of the “privileged wall” of society. Instead of more intellectual discourse explaining “their” situation, Stopford uses her clinical sensibilities to engage those trapped on the lesser side of that “wall” to express their own life narrative in the hope of building blocks to address the issue of racial injustice.
— Kirkland C. Vaughans, Adelphi University; author of Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents


Annie Stopford is notable for the clear voice she brings to speaking about subjects many others have turned away from knowing. In this latest work, Dr. Stopford once again leans into the meanings within the stories her interlocutors relate—in her hands, these lived histories of marginalization and trauma become painfully vivid. Her telling joins skillful listening with multiple disciplines as historian, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and analyst of class, race and economics. We are offered a rare opportunity to learn the lessons from past injustices that continue to play out in contemporary life. Were we to learn them we might potentiate the opportunity for healing from centuries of racial injury and economic betrayal.
— Nina K. Thomas, New York University


• Winner, Outstanding Academic Title (Choice, 2021)

Trauma and Repair

Confronting Segregation and Violence in America

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Hardback
Paperback
Summary
Summary
  • Trauma and Repair: Confronting segregation and violence in America is an interview-based interdisciplinary exploration of complex trauma in low-income communities and neighborhoods in Baltimore, Maryland; Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Elaine, Arkansas. Moving fluidly between the respondents’ life narratives and clinical and academic perspectives on trauma and inequality, Stopford depicts multidimensional and intergenerational trauma, including prolonged economic injustice and repeated exposure to community violence. Written in an accessible and engaging style that draws on insights from sociology, public health, history, legal studies, and clinical psychoanalysis, this original study is a vital addition to the literature on inequality and poverty in the United States.

Details
Details
  • Lexington Books
    Pages: 200 • Trim: 6½ x 9
    978-1-4985-6559-2 • Hardback • August 2020 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
    978-1-4985-6561-5 • Paperback • December 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
    Series: Psychoanalytic Studies: Clinical, Social, and Cultural Contexts
    Subjects: Social Science / Violence in Society, Psychology / Social Psychology, Social Science / Health Geography
Author
Author
  • Annie Stopford, Ph.D., is independent scholar.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgments

    Foreword by William Julius Wilson

    Introduction

    Chapter One: Psychosocial Research: An Intersubjective Approach

    Chapter Two: Trauma, Violence, and Segregation

    Chapter Three: Segregation and Complex Trauma: Baltimore, Past and Present

    Chapter Four: Oakland’s Trauma Zones

    Chapter Five: Elaine, Arkansas: The Multigenerational Legacy of White Supremacy

    Chapter Six: “Y’ all know it’s not fixed”: Violence in New Orleans

    Conclusion: Injury and Repair

    References

    Index

    About the Author
Reviews
Reviews
  • Stopford provides a sometimes stark, oftentimes heart-breaking, and consistently informative 'eyes wide open' look at the consequences of community violence and racial segregation in the US. It is likely tempting for some to consider segregation in this country a thing of the past. But, as this author so clearly shows, segregation still comes in all shapes and sizes and involves much more than physical barriers or written policies. This book is not—nor should it be—an easy read. But Stopford employs a toolkit of psychological and sociological observations with adeptness and clarity to reveal the clinical and sociological impacts of marginalization, trauma, violence, and economic disparity. The narratives shared by Stopford's respondents are rich and moving, revealing lived experiences in Baltimore, Maryland; Oakland, California; New Orleans, Louisiana; and Elainen, Arkansas. These are presented as real narratives—not "general" but instead, and more importantly, unvarnished and pure. Stopford's use of this technique offers readers a clear foray into past injustice and a realistic assessment of current injustice, allowing her to show not only what needs to be done to end such systemic trauma in the present but also how we might begin to repair the damage already done. A must read for students, instructors, and all others, across the board! Highly recommended.


    — Choice Reviews


    Trauma and Repair: Confronting Segregation and Violence in America is not an easy read—nor should it be. A consummate interviewer, antiracist activist, interdisciplinary scholar, and psychoanalytic clinician, Annie Stopford “gets proximate” with the people whose stories are told in these extraordinary chapters. Boldly confronting the collective disavowals and denials of those of us who live more privileged lives, Stopford’s chapters make painfully clear that the conditions that pass for normal in our segregated and deeply racist society are worse than abnormal: they are immoral and pathological. Still, we are awed by the people we meet here, who have all somehow managed creatively to sustain their humanity and love of community while living and working in traumatizing conditions of historical, structural, and community violence. This book is a must-read for anyone who cares to know what it takes to repair our broken social world.
    — Lynne Layton, Harvard Medical School; author of Toward a Social Psychoanalysis: Character, Culture and Normative Unconscious Processes


    Annie Stopford's work, Trauma and Repair, is profoundly moving, informative, and honest. She refuses to appease America's appetite for euphemistic portrayals of those trapped through the generational legacy of historical trauma by giving voice to those who live on the other side of the “privileged wall” of society. Instead of more intellectual discourse explaining “their” situation, Stopford uses her clinical sensibilities to engage those trapped on the lesser side of that “wall” to express their own life narrative in the hope of building blocks to address the issue of racial injustice.
    — Kirkland C. Vaughans, Adelphi University; author of Psychology of Black Boys and Adolescents


    Annie Stopford is notable for the clear voice she brings to speaking about subjects many others have turned away from knowing. In this latest work, Dr. Stopford once again leans into the meanings within the stories her interlocutors relate—in her hands, these lived histories of marginalization and trauma become painfully vivid. Her telling joins skillful listening with multiple disciplines as historian, psychoanalytic psychotherapist, and analyst of class, race and economics. We are offered a rare opportunity to learn the lessons from past injustices that continue to play out in contemporary life. Were we to learn them we might potentiate the opportunity for healing from centuries of racial injury and economic betrayal.
    — Nina K. Thomas, New York University


Awards
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  • • Winner, Outstanding Academic Title (Choice, 2021)

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