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UNINA9910461759903321 |
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Autore |
Smail D. J (David John) |
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Titolo |
The origins of unhappiness : a new understanding of personal distress / / David Smail |
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London : , : Routledge, , 2018 |
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0-429-90740-0 |
0-429-48263-9 |
1-78241-394-4 |
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[1st] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (252 p.) |
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Soggetti |
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Depression, Mental |
Melancholy |
Sadness |
Emotions |
Affective disorders |
Electronic books. |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: London: HarperCollins, 1993. |
Includes index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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COVER; Contents; List of Figures; Introduction; 1: Psychology and Distress - The Story So Far; 2: 'When I was Little' - The Experience of Power; 3: Bodies and Worlds - The Field of Power; 4: Case Study: The 1980's; 5: Help; 6: A Rational Faith; Appendix; Index |
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It is the main argument of this book that emotional and psychological distress is often brought about through the operation of social-environmental powers which have their origin at a considerable distance from those ultimately subjected to them. On the whole, psychology has concerned itself very little with the field of power which stretches beyond our immediate relations with each other, and this has led to serious limitations on the explanatory power of the theories it has produced. To illustrate this, typical cases of patient distress in the 1980's are examined. The decade when the right... |
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UNINA9910780262603321 |
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Autore |
Hollrah Patrice E. M. <1949-, > |
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"The old lady trill, the victory yell" : the power of women in Native American literature / / Patrice E.M. Hollrah |
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New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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1-135-93892-X |
1-138-97744-6 |
1-135-93893-8 |
1-280-01974-3 |
0-203-50783-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Collana |
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Native Americans : interdisciplinary perspectives |
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American literature - Indian authors - History and criticism |
Women and literature - United States |
Indian women - Intellectual life |
Indian women in literature |
Women in literature |
Indian women |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-189) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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chapter 1 Introduction: “Writing Is Different from Tribe to Tribe” -- chapter 2 “The Old Lady Trill, the Victory Yell” -- chapter 3 “We Must Be Masters of Our Circumstances” -- chapter 4 “The Men in the Bar Feared Her” -- chapter 5 “Women Are Strong, Strong, Terribly Strong” -- chapter 6 “‘I’m Talking Like a Twentieth-Century Indian Woman’” -- chapter 7 Conclusion: “Indian Women Were and Are Powerful”. |
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Covering the work of four of the 20th century's Native American authors, this text argues that a tribal construct of gender relations, where the relationship between male & female roles is complementary rather that hierarchical, accounts for the existence of empowered female characters in literature. |
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