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Paradox of Plenty
This book is intended for those interested in US food habits and diets during the 20th century, American history, American social life and customs.
The Bodywise Woman
Provides information on the unique fitness concerns of women including advice for developing a sensible, injury-free exercise program.
Welcome to Middle Age!
This pathology of midlife has even recently begun to be exported to all territories in the contemporary world system; people around the world are being invited to change the way they think about mature adulthood and to adopt the middle-class American version of middle age.
Body Image
Sarah Grogan presents original data from interviews with men, women and children to complement existing research, and provides a comprehensive investigation of cultural influences on body image.
Love Your Looks
If you're like most women, there's at least one part of your body that you wish you could change or "improve." It might be your weight, your thighs, or your nose--but no matter what it is, it keeps you from feeling good about yourself. In Love Your Looks, Carolynn Hillman shows you how to get beyond societal or self-imposed standards and learn to accept--and appreciate--your own special attractiveness. Book jacket.
Well-Being
The nature of well-being is one of the most enduring and elusive subjects of human inquiry. Well-Being draws upon the latest scientific research to transform our understanding of this ancient question. With contributions from leading authorities in psychology, social psychology, and neuroscience, this volume presents the definitive account of current scientific efforts to understand human pleasure and pain, contentment and despair. The distinguished contributors to this volume combine a rigorous analysis of human sensations, emotions, and moods with a broad assessment of the many factors, from heredity to nationality, that bear on our well-being. Using the tools of experimental science, the ...
The Passions of Law
This anthology treats the role that emotions play, don't play, and ought to play in the practice and conception of law and justice. The work consists largely of original essays, by scholars of law, theology, political science and philosophy.
The Mother and Her Child
The Mother and Her Child: Clinical Aspects of Attachment, Separation, and Loss, edited by Salman Akhtar, focuses upon the formation of an individual's self in the crucible of the early mother-child relationship. Bringing together contributions from distinguished psychoanalysts and child observational researchers, it elucidates the nuances of mothering, the child's tie to the mother, the mysteries of secure attachment, and the hazards of insecure attachment. These experts also discuss issues of separation, loss, and alternate sources of love when the mother is absent or emotionally unavailable, while highlighting the relevance of such ideas to the treatment of children and adults.
The Dynamics of Persuasion
The Dynamics of Persuasion provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to persuasive communication and attitude change. Offering a thorough discussion of classic and contemporary theories of persuasion, this text explores the structure and functions of attitudes, consistency between attitude and behavior, and issues in attitude measurement.
