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Microaggressions in everyday life : race, gender, and sexual orientation

Derald Wing Sue (Author)
"Written by bestselling author Derald Wing Sue, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation is a first-of-its-kind guide on the subject of microaggressions. This book insightfully looks at the various kinds of microaggressions and their psychological effects on both perpetrators and their targets. Thought provoking and timely, Dr. Sue suggests realistic and optimistic guidance for combating--and ending--microaggressions in our society"--Provided by publisher
eBook, English, ©2010
Wiley, Hoboken, N.J., ©2010
dissertations
1 online resource (xxiii, 328 pages)
9780470594131, 9780470594155, 9781282550056, 9786612550058, 0470594136, 0470594152, 1282550055, 6612550058
607554989
Section 1: Psychological manifestation and dynamics of microaggressions. The manifestation of racial, gender, and sexual-orientation microaggressions ; Taxonomy of microaggressions ; The psychological dilemmas and dynamics of microaggressions
Section 2: Microaggressive impact on targets and perpetrators. The microaggression process model : from beginning to end ; Microaggressive stress : impact on physical and mental health ; Microaggressive perpetrators and oppression : the nature of the beast
Section 3: Group-specific microaggressions : race, gender, and sexual orientation. Racial/ethnic microaggressions and racism ; Gender microaggressions and sexism ; Sexual-orientation microaggressions and heterosexism
Section 4: Microaggressions in employment, education, and mental health practice. Microaggressive impact in the workplace and employment ; Microaggressive impact on education and teaching : facilitating difficult dialogues on race in the classroom ; Microaggressive impact on mental health practice
English