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Record Nr.

UNINA9910788722803321

Autore

Halley Jean O'Malley <1967->

Titolo

Boundaries of touch [[electronic resource] ] : parenting and adult-child intimacy / / Jean O'Malley Halley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2007

ISBN

1-283-04400-5

9786613044006

0-252-09145-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Disciplina

155.6/46

Soggetti

Touch - Psychological aspects

Boundaries - Psychological aspects

Parent and child

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-194) and index.

Nota di contenuto

To touch or not to touch -- The rise of the expert, the fall of the mother -- Breasts versus bottles and the sexual mother -- Babies in bed : to sleep or not to sleep (with your baby) -- Violent touch : feminists, conservatives, and child sexual abuse -- Touching problems.