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It was a full house at the Rainbow Theatre, Finsbury Park on Saturday June 2, when former gangster Damien Jackson shared his experiences of life in ‘The Bloods’ with 1,800 young people and more than a sprinkling of parents.
Jackson’s presentation was the centerpiece of a music, dance and drama show put on by London members of the VYG. It comprised a thoughtful and remarkably frank account of the factors that prompted him to join one of America’s most notorious gangs, and how he eventually found his way out to become an upright citizen.
Damien Jackson is a personable and convincing speaker who was equally honest about the early thrills of fast cars and fast money for a boy joining a gang from a broken home and how it all turned sour.
He explained that by the time his very existence was under threat from gangland rivals and the police alike, a life of running, looking over his shoulder, dodging bullets, sleepless nights and paranoia had completely lost its appeal.
The conclusion he drew is that no matter how bad your early life has been it is possible to change it for the better without recourse to gangs as a substitute family. Damien’s solution was to apply the strength of character he once applied to wrong-doing to change his life around, with assistance from the UCKG HelpCentre.
He concluded by focusing on the many sources of support there are for young people in the UK, with particular reference to the VYG, the youth group of the UCKG HelpCentre.
When the show ended the auditorium at the Rainbow Theatre was alive with palpable optimism. Audience member Marcia Graham, a parent of teenagers from Catford said: “It was inspiring. The story proves that you can change from bad to good.”
A teenager who did not wish to be identified added: “The event was epic. I could relate to many things Damien was saying even though I am not from a gang.”
After the show Damien Jackson signed copies of his biography ‘Shoulda been dead’ for members of the audience. The bookis published by Overcomer Books of Jacksonville, IL, USA, and copies can be obtained from Christian Bookshop Plus’ located in some of the bigger UCKG HelpCentres.
Over the next few days Damien Jackson will be addressing youth audiences in Ireland, France and Holland. He has already spoken to over 30,000 college and high school students in various American cities.
The Reproduction of Mothering Psychoanalysis and the Sociology of Gender, Updated Edition, With a new preface
When this best-seller was published, it put the mother-daughter relationship and female psychology on the map. The Reproduction of Mothering was chosen by Contemporary Sociology as one of the ten most influential books of the past twenty-five years. With a new preface by the author, this updated edition is testament to the formative effect that Nancy Chodorow's work continues to exert on psychoanalysis, social science, and the humanities.
Nancy J. Chodorow is a psychoanalyst in private practice and Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Power of Feelings: Personal Meaning in Psychoanalysis, Gender, and Culture (1999), Femininities, Masculinities, Sexualities: Freud and Beyond (1994), and Feminism and Psychoanalytic Theory (1989).
"The Reproduction of Mothering was that rare book that had a major impact on two different constituencies: feminists and psychoanalysts. It was a must-read in 1978, putting object-relations theory on the map in the United States, and it remains a must-read today. It continues to shape the thinking of analysts and feminists today, and it is one of the key texts available that links psyche and culture, psychoanalysis and sociology."—Ethel Spector Person, M.D., author of The Sexual Century
"The book that created a Copernican Revolution in gender theory. . . . From literature to political science, from disciples to critics, no feminist theory has been untouched by Chodorow's bold and brilliant reconfiguration."—Susan Bordo, author of Unbearable Weight and The Male Body
"The Reproduction of Mothering represents the boldest attempt to realign psychoanalysis and feminism in the late 20th century."—Mari Jo Buhle, author of Feminism and Its Discontents
"It is difficult to imagine the shape that feminist literary criticism might have taken in the last twenty years without the enabling influence of The Reproduction of Mothering. The importance of Chodorow's work cannot be overestimated."—Marianne Hirsch, author of The Mother/Daughter Plot
"The Reproduction of Mothering is a classic in its field, a book that has profoundly affected the course of psychoanalytic feminism."—Madelon Sprengnether, author of The Spectral Mother
"Nancy Chodorow's The Reproduction of Mothering has been an invaluable companion to me over the years. In theorizing the cultural situation of literary men as well as literary women, I've often turned to Chodorow's revisionary readings of Freud, her meticulous accounts of the dynamics of mothering, and, more generally, her innvotative discussions of sexual sociology."—Sandra M. Gilbert, coauthor of The Madwoman in the Attic
"A groundbreaking book, The Reproduction of Mothering has shaped feminist literary criticism since it was published. Chodorow's insights revolutionized the ways in which femininity itself was and is understood."—Susan Gubar, coauthor of The Madwoman in the Attic
Birth as an American Rite of Passage by Robbie E. Davis-Floyd - Paperback - University of California Press
Why do so many American women allow themselves to become enmeshed in the standardized routines of technocratic childbirth--routines that can be insensitive, unnecessary, and even unhealthy? Anthropologist Robbie Davis-Floyd first addressed these questions in the 1992 edition. Her new preface to this 2003 edition of a book that has been read, applauded, and loved by women all over the world, makes it clear that the issues surrounding childbirth remain as controversial as ever.
Robbie Davis-Floyd is Senior Research Fellow, Department of Anthropology, University of Texas, Austin and is coeditor of Childbirth and Authoritative Knowledge: Cross-Cultural Perspectives (California, 1997).
"I can say without hesitation that in the 36 years I have been helping childbearing women, there is only a handful of books that have had a great cultural impact. This is one of them."—Roberta M. Scaer, Editor of Genesis