| | | APSA_NY12-307 | | University Forum: The Theban Plays of Sophocles Speakers: David Konstan, PhD, Professor, Department of Classics, New York University; Elizabeth Brobrick, PhD, Visiting Scholar, Wesleyan University; Chairs & Melvin R. Lansky, MD (Los Angeles, CA); Leon Wurmser, MD (Towson, MD) The inquiries posed by the presenters in this forum pave the way for a psychoanalytic inquiry into the character’s identity of the hero and his relationship to the dramatic forces in these plays which set these tragedies in relentless motion toward their fateful outcomes. Two distinguished scholar-teachers, David Konstan, PhD, Professor in the Department of Classics at NYU, and Elizabeth Brobrick, PhD, a Visiting Scholar with Wesleyan University, provide interpretative comments for the audience, while Melvin Lansky and Leon Wurmser moderate the follow-up discussion with the audience. Audio CDs: 3 | | Audio CD | | $45.00 | | $45.00 | |
| | | APSA_NY12-303 | | Community Symposium: Psychodynamic Explorations of Power, Gender, and Identity in Twenty First Century - Variants of the “Black Nanny — White Master” Syndrome Speakers: Dorothy E. Holmes, PhD (Bluffton, SC); Carlotta G. Miles, MD (Washington, DC); Bruce Sklarew, MD (Chevy Chase, MD) The black nanny caring for white babies in oppressive, racist contexts was a common occurrence in our culture up to the civil rights era. The psychodynamics of the black nanny’s impact on the identities of the whites reared in those circumstances are considered. The modern extensions of that history is manifest in nannies/au pairs of color from the Caribbean and Africa, and whites from Europe in their rearing of children in both Black and White families. Clinical data to illuminate psychodynamics of power, sexuality, defenses, and identity formation played out in these modern day expressions are presented. Implications for other relationships in our society with obvious power differentials that may or may not involve differences in color (e.g., the bank teller in relation to his/her employer and/or customer) are discussed. Audio CDs: 1 | | Audio CD | | $15.00 | | $15.00 | |
