Subject: ✤ Chiron Publications announces publication of Women, Stereotypes And Archetypes

Chiron Publications' new release looks at modern woman’s identity

Chiron Publications is pleased to announce the release of Women, Stereotypes And Archetypes by Manisha Roy.

The book Women, Stereotypes and Archetypes explores the complexity of modern woman’s identity which is no longer supported by convenient but limiting stereotypes. While the book does not deal directly with the recent number of disclosures of sexual harassments against mostly women by high profile men and the “Me Too” movement, it does looks at the cultural and psychological factors that taught women to accept denigration, insult and abuse from someone in a controlling position—be that a boss, a husband, a colleague or a family member.

The book tries to answer following questions :
-How do the women handle the confusion arising from such a loss?
-If stereotypes are rejected can understanding of the meaning and function of the archetypes in human psyche offer the majority of women guidelines to a secure identity?
-Is an American woman’s problem of identity different from that of a woman of another culture?
-And finally, where does all this change and crisis lead?

Examples from the author’s analytical practice of 40 years and life-long anthropological research and teaching are used to support her observations and conclusions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Foreword                                                                                      1 
  • Introduction                                                                                   3
  • Archetypes                                                                                    8 
  • The Cultural Component                                                             15
  • Stereotypes                                                                                 17
  • PART ONE Chapter One: Cultural Archetypes                           23 
  • Introduction                                                                                  23 
  • Western Experience: Setting the Stage                                       24
  • Struggle Between the Sexes                                                        49
  • The Goddess Disappears — The Historical Background             49
  • The Goddess is Replaced — The Psychological Parallel            52
  • Femininity Devalued — The Splitting of the Archetype                54
  • The New Consciousness — A Double-Faced Janus?                 58
  • Separation from the Mother — A New Independence: Identification with the Animus 61
  • Revenge of the Mother: Emotional Suffering Begins 63
  • The Dynamics of Marriage                                                            64
  • Husband’s Role                                                                             65
  • Divorce and Women                                                                      66
  • Women’s Movement                                                                      69
  • Surrender to Suffering: New Identity? New Consciousness?        73
  • Chapter Two: Indian Experience                                                   77 
  • Another Version of the Balance Between the Sexes                     77
  • Mythology: The Goddess and the Gods                                        77
  • Indian Women Today: Interplay of Life and Archetypes                84 
  • Sanskaar and Shakti                                                                      87
  • Compartmentalization                                                                    91 
  • Prolonged Projections                                                                    93
  • Conclusion                                                                                      94

PART TWO
  • Chapter Three: Individuals and Archetypes                                    99
  • Introduction                                                                                      99
  • Identification, Projection and Integration                                        100
  • Childhood and Adolescence                                                           104
  • Joyce                                                                                               104
  • Sexuality - Awakening                                                                     113
  • Adolescence and Mental Health                                                      117
  • Formal Education                                                                            119
  • Chapter Four: Adult Life                                                                  125
  • Many Choices, More Confusions                                                    125
  • Archetypes Live Through Changing Roles                                     128
  • Love and Marriage                                                                          130
  • Elizabeth’s Marriage                                                                        134
  • Betrayal in Marriage                                                                        139
  • Motherhood: Wanda                                                                        142
  • Other Alternatives                                                                            147
  • An Example of a Balanced Life                                                       152
  • Addendum (written ten years later, in 1982)                                   156
  • Brief Comments                                                                              156
  • Chapter Five: Aging Years and Death                                            159
  • New Longevity, New Challenge                                                      162
  • Psychological Implications: Letting Go and Developing Impersonal Interests                                                                                                           163
  • Animus as Spiritual Guide to Death and Beyond                            167
  • Chapter Six: Concluding Remarks                                                  171
  • A Schematic Theme of the Interplay of the Ego and the Archetypes in a Woman’s Life                                                                                  175
  • Additional References                                                                     181
  • Descriptions of Terms and Concepts                                              185
  • About the Author                                                                             191



Manisha Roy, Ph. D, IAAP
, is a trained geographer and anthropologist and received her diploma in analytical psychology from the C.G. Jung Institute of Zurich, Switzerland in 1982. She has been in private practice in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is a training analyst and in the faculty of the Jung Institute of Boston. Her book, My Four Homes, is also published by Chiron Publications.


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