The Velvet Rage
Overcoming the Pain of Growing up Gay in A Straight Man's World
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Baker & Taylor
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.
Perseus Publishing
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.
Perseus Publishing
“The Velvet Rage
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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.
Perseus Publishing
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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.
Perseus Publishing
“The Velvet Rage is becoming a touchstone in gay culture just as Goodbye to Berlin was in the 30s, A Boy’s Own Story in the 60s and Faggots in the 70s.”--Observer (UK)
Today’s gay man enjoys unprecedented, hard-won social acceptance. Despite this victory, however, serious problems still exist. Substance abuse, depression, suicide, and sex addiction among gay men are at an all-time high, causing many to ask, “Are we really better off?” Drawing on contemporary research, psychologist Alan Downs’s own struggle with shame and anger, and stories from his patients, The Velvet Rage passionately describes the stages of a gay man’s journey out of shame and offers practical and inspired strategies to stop the cycle of avoidance and self-defeating behavior. Updated to reflect the effects of the many recent social, cultural, and political changes, The Velvet Rage is an empowering book that has already changed the public discourse on gay culture and helped shape the identity of an entire generation of gay men.
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Authors:
Downs, Alan
Statement of Responsibility:
Alan Downs
Title:
The velvet rage
overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world
overcoming the pain of growing up gay in a straight man's world
Publisher:
[New York] :, Da Capo Lifelong,, 2012
Edition:
Completely rev and updated 2nd ed, 1st Da Capo Press ed
Characteristics:
xvii, 252 p. ;,21 cm.
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