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RECORD NUMBER: 33 OF 37| Main Title | The velvet rage : overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Downs, Alan, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Da Capo Life Long, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 2012 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 794592768 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0738215678; 9780738215679 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Gay men--Psychology ; Gay men--Social conditions ; Coming out (Sexual orientation)--Psychological aspects ; Shame ; SOCIAL SCIENCE--Gay Studies ; Homosexuella mñ ; Komma-ut-processen ; Gaykultur ; Diskriminering av homosexuella ; Homosexualitet | |||||||||||
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| Edition | Completely rev. and updated 2nd ed., 1st Da Capo Press ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | xvii, 252 pages ; 21 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (page 239) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Introduction -- The roots of rage -- The little boy with the big secret -- Ugly truths & high fashion dreams -- Out & raging -- Drowning -- Bewitched, betrayed -- The real me: a crisis of identity -- Paying the piper -- Stuck in shame: the vicious cycle -- In the mood for a man -- What's it all about?: a crisis of meaning -- Mighty real -- Healing relationship trauma -- The road to contentment -- Skills for living an authentic life -- Epilogue : this Peter Pan grows up. Offers advice on how gay men can overcome their deep-seated feelings of shame, which is often associated with their earliest childhood experiences and the ambivalent relationship they have with their own father. |