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Title: Family Violence and Men of Color: Healing the Wounded Male Spirit (Springer Series: Focus on Men) by Ricardo Carrillo, Jerry Tello ISBN: 0-8261-1173-4 Publisher: Springer Publishing Company Pub. Date: 01 April, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $47.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A Breakthrough Publication on Men of Color
Comment: This anthology is truly definitive, a work of value for anyone of color who has either perpetrated or been on the receiving end of domestic violence. In particular, the authors -- all distinguished mental health practitioners, teachers and scholars -- provide an urgently needed perspective and approach, one that stresses the need to reach for resources WITHIN cultures of color to help abusive men of color come to terms with themselves and their violent behavior. This is very different from works that assume white paradigms to be all there is to "treat" the problem. Might there be a sequel in process? Let us hope so.

Rating: 3
Summary: Okay results on a really interesting topic
Comment: The editors discuss how race intersects with domestic violence. It includes chapters on Native, black, Latino, and Asian-American men. It avoids graphic descriptions of incidents that may scare away timid readers. This book can point to institutional racism and poverty as phenomena that aggravate DV in communities of color without falling into big pitfalls. At no point, does it forgive men of color for DV nor does it discount sexist behavior among minority men. It mentions how precolonized men had different notions on how to treat women without overromanticizing the past. This book is written for therapists of any race or gender more so than your average man of color. The book relies a little too heavily on beating drums and telling old myths than it does on concrete actions that could be taken to solve this problem. In addition, it is totally heterosexist and the editors don't even think once to mention domestic violence among gay male couples of color. However, this is an important first effort on a necessary topic. I would recommend it to many readers.

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