1st Edition

From Ultrasound to Army The Unconscious Trajectories of Masculinity in Israel

By Hanni Mann-Shalvi Copyright 2016
304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

304 Pages
by Routledge

Daring to gaze directly into the core of parenting in Israel, this book presents, for the first time, a study that focuses on the conscious and unconscious aspects of the Israeli parenting experience when raising sons is overshadowed by the knowledge that at 18 years old, these sons will be drafted into inherently life-endangering compulsory military service.Exposing the emotional drama, hidden... Read more
Introduction , Developmental Backdrops , On learning the gender of the fetus , The mother’s conflict , The father’s conflict , Unconscious solution in the couple relationship , Parenting from Holocaust to heroism , Vicissitudes of a Man’s Life , Lack of maturity versus hunger for maturity , The warrior hero , After discharge: withdrawal into travel, mysticism, and blunting of the senses , The “peacetime self” and the “wartime self” , Steps Towards Amelioration , Psychoanalytic interventions , Research method

Biography

Hanni Mann-Shalvi