Locating Mental Health in Black and White Men

A Q-methodological Study

Bibliographic Data

ID4226722
AuthorsMark Stowell‐smith (Whiston Hospital), Mark Stowell-Smith (Psychological Therapy Service, Whiston Hospital, Prescot, UK), Mick Mckeown (0000-0003-3599-2153, University of Liverpool)
Year1999
Volume4
Issue2
Pages209-222
Publication date1999-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Health Psychology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1359-1053 • E-ISSN: 1461-7277
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/135910539900400214
PMID22021480
OpenAlexW1971387888
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited18

Race' as identified by skin colour has been traditionally associated with the notion of the Other. In western culture the black man as Other has acted as a type of repository into which white men have projected anxieties about, for example, their sexuality. In psychologized, post-colonial culture such projections have taken on a different form and in this study we utilize Q-analysis to explore how this manifests itself into a representation of the white man as a type of ideal, contained, thinking subject set in opposition to a representation of the black man as someone who is constituted from without, by his relationship to the external world. We conclude by considering the evaluative and practical implications of this duality for our understanding of the mental health of black and white men

Colonialism · Human sexuality · Mental health · Opposition (politics · Political science · Politics · Psychiatry · Race (biology · Representation (politics · Sociology · White (mutation · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Psychology · Q Methodology Applications · Gender Studies · History · Social Psychology

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