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UNINA9910454407603321 |
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Illouz Eva <1961-> |
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Saving the modern soul [[electronic resource] ] : therapy, emotions, and the culture of self-help / / Eva Illouz |
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Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2008 |
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9786611385705 |
1-281-38570-0 |
1-4356-5360-2 |
0-520-94131-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Social values - United States |
Psychoanalysis and culture - United States |
Psychotherapy - Social aspects - United States |
Emotions - Social aspects - United States |
Social norms - United States |
Electronic books. |
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Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-286) and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Freud: A Cultural Innovator -- 3. From Homo economicus to Homo communicans -- 4. The Tyranny of Intimacy -- 5. Triumphant Suffering -- 6. A New Emotional Stratification? -- 7. Conclusion: Institutional Pragmatism in the Study of Culture -- Notes -- Index |
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The language of psychology is all-pervasive in American culture-from The Sopranos to Oprah, from the abundance of self-help books to the private consulting room, and from the support group to the magazine advice column. Saving the Modern Soul examines the profound impact of therapeutic discourse on our lives and on our contemporary notions of identity. Eva Illouz plumbs today's particular cultural moment to understand how and why psychology has secured its place at the core of modern identity. She examines a wide range of sources to show how self-help culture has transformed contemporary emotional life and how therapy complicates individuals' lives even as it claims to dissect their |
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emotional experiences and heal trauma. |
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UNINA9910213823403321 |
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Autore |
Manlowe Jennifer L |
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Faith Born of Seduction : Sexual Trauma, Body Image, and Religion / / Jennifer L Manlowe |
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New York, NY : , : New York University Press, , [1995] |
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©1995 |
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1 online resource (242 p.) |
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Twelve-step programs - Religious aspects |
Christianity |
Sexism - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Body image |
Eating disorders - United States - Etiology |
Women - Mental health - United States |
Incest - Religious aspects - Christianity |
Adult child sexual abuse victims - United States - Religious life |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-216) and index. |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Who Are We? -- 2. A Horror beyond Tears: Reflections on a History of Abuse -- 3. A Pyrrhic Victory: Contemplating the Physical Cost of Surviving -- 4. Disenchanting Faith and the Female Body: Deconstructing Misogynous Themes in Christian Discourse -- 5. A Thinly Veiled Skein: Exploring Troublesome Connections among Incest, Eating Disorders, and Religious Discourse -- 6. Self-Help or Self-Harm? Analyzing the "Politics" of Twelve-Step Groups for Recovery -- 7. Summary of Key Findings -- Appendix A. Sample Questionnaire |
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(Voices) -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
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How do survivors of sexual and domestic violence relate to religion and to a higher power? What are the social and religious contexts that sustain and encourage eating disorders in women? How do these issues intersect? The relationship between Christian religious discourse, incest, and eating disorders reveals an important, and so far unexamined, psychosocial phenomenon. Drawing from interviews with incest survivors whose sexual and religious backgrounds are intimately connected with their problematic relationship with food, Jennifer Manlowe here illuminates the connections between female body, weight, and appetite preoccupations.Manlowe offers social and psychological insights into the most common forms of female suffering—incest and body hatred. The volume is intended as a resource for professionals, advocates, friends of survivors, and most importantly, the survivor of incest herself as she attempts to understand the links of meaning in her mind between her incest experience and her subsequent eating disorder. |
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