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Meaning in Translation
.".. collection of selected articles from the joint International Maastricht-odz Duo Colloquia on Translation and Meaning ..."--Introduction.
Fear of Being Fat
Abstract: A reference text for physicians and psychoanalysts involved in the treatment of patients with anorexia nervosa and bulimia presents 18 papers prepared by psychoanalytically-trained psychiatrists specializing in the treatment of psychosomatic disorders. The text presents a major new hypothesis, viz.: anorexia nervosa, as a diagnostic term, is a medical misnomer and should be replaced by the term "fat phobia." The 18 papers are grouped among 5 principal themes: the characteristics of predisposing factors to fat phobia; the psychodynamic structure of anorexia nervosa and bulimia; analytical relationships between anorexics and bulimics; psychoanalytical treatments; and special issues (including the derivatives of latency, the relationship between self-starvation and amenorrhea, and psychopharmacological therapy of bulimic anorexia nervosa).
The Pragmatics of Humour Across Discourse Domains
Brings together a range of contributions on the linguistics of humour. This title elucidates the whole gamut of humorous forms and mechanisms, such as surrealist irony, incongruity in register humour, mechanisms of pun formation, as well as interpersonal functions of conversational humour
The Complete Dictionary of Sexology
A comprehensive dictionary of sexuality, this work covers 6000 sexually-related terms currently in use in the fields of the social and psychological sciences, biology and medicine, religion and law. Entries offer insights into contemporary technical terms and are cross-referenced.
Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?
Why do testicles hang the way they do? Is there an adaptive function to the female orgasm? What does it feel like to want to kill yourself? Does "free will" really exist? And why is the penis shaped like that anyway? In Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?, the research psychologist and award-winning columnist Jesse Bering features more than thirty of his most popular essays from Scientific American and Slate, as well as two new pieces, that take readers on a bold and captivating journey through some of the most taboo issues related to evolution and human behavior. Exploring the history of cannibalism, the neurology of people who are sexually attracted to animals, the evolution of human body f...
Living Water
The companion to the bestselling The Heavenly Man, Living Water shares the vision of Brother Yun, one of China's most dedicated, courageous and intensely persecuted house church leaders. Brother Yun's dramatic life story and teachings offer a message that inspires and challenges Christians to live out a passionate commitment to serve Jesus Christ.
