Italian-Americans and Psychoanalysis

Italian-Americans and Psychoanalysis

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In this paper we address the under-representation of Italian-Americans in psychoanalysis in the United States, both as psychoanalysts and analysands.We suggest that this under-representation has arisen rab bck-s4 from a confluence of cultural biases in traditional criteria for analyzability and pejorative stereotypes about pantaloni bianchi neonato Italian-Americans that have discouraged their participation to the detriment of the field.The paper suggests that contemporary developments across various schools of psychoanalysis open up new opportunities for rethinking the cultural location of psychoanalysis.