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| 21. |  | Title: The social edges of psychoanalysis Author: Smelser, Neil J Published: University of California Press, 1999 Subjects: Sociology | Social Theory | Psychology Publisher's Description: For several decades the writings of sociologist Neil J. Smelser have won him a vast and admiring audience across several disciplines. Best known for his work on social movements, economic sociology, and British social history, Smelser's psychoanalytic writings are less familiar to his readers. In fa . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 22. |  | Title: Social order/mental disorder: Anglo-American psychiatry in historical perspective  Author: Scull, Andrew T Published: University of California Press, 1989 Subjects: Sociology | Psychiatry | United States History | European History | Psychology Similar Items |
| 23. |  | Title: Spacefaring: the human dimension Author: Harrison, Albert A Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Science | Technology and Society | Psychology Publisher's Description: The stars have always called us, but only for the past forty years or so have we been able to respond by traveling in space. This book explores the human side of spaceflight: why people are willing to brave danger and hardship to go into space; how human culture has shaped past and present missions; . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 24. |  | Title: Speaking the unspeakable: religion, misogyny, and the uncanny mother in Freud's cultural texts Author: Jonte-Pace, Diane E. (Diane Elizabeth) 1951- Published: University of California Press, 2001 Subjects: Religion | Literature | Gender Studies | Jewish Studies | Psychology Publisher's Description: In this bold rereading of Freud's cultural texts, Diane Jonte-Pace uncovers an undeveloped "counterthesis," one that repeatedly interrupts or subverts his well-known Oedipal masterplot. The counterthesis is evident in three clusters of themes within Freud's work: maternity, mortality, and immortalit . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 25. |  | Title: Strong mothers, weak wives: the search for gender equality Author: Johnson, Miriam M Published: University of California Press, 1988 Subjects: Sociology | Psychology | Women's Studies Publisher's Description: A leading theorist in the sociology of sex and gender, Miriam Johnson establishes as her starting point the belief that inequality is not inherent or inevitable in heterosexual relations. In Strong Mothers, Weak Wives she develops this notion by examining how gender differences get translated into g . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 26. |  | Title: Susto, a folk illness Author: Rubel, Arthur J Published: University of California Press, 1984 Subjects: Anthropology | Medical Anthropology | Latin American Studies | Psychology Publisher's Description: Widespread throughout Latin America, susto is a folk illness associated with a broad array of symptoms. It is considered by susceptible populations to be a sickness caused by the separation of soul and body which is precipitated by a supernatural force. Most studies of culture-bound diseases have re . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 27. |  | Title: Symbols, computation, and intentionality: a critique of the computational theory of mind Author: Horst, Steven W 1960- Published: University of California Press, 1996 Subjects: Philosophy | Social and Political Thought | Psychology Publisher's Description: The computational theory of mind - the belief that the mind can be likened to a computer and that cognitive states possess the generative and compositional properties of natural languages - has proven enormously influential in recent philosophical studies of cognition. In this carefully argued criti . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 28. |  | Title: Taming the wind of desire: psychology, medicine, and aesthetics in Malay shamanistic performance Author: Laderman, Carol Published: University of California Press, 1991 Subjects: Anthropology | Asian Studies | Medical Anthropology | Psychology | Southeast Asia | Medicine Publisher's Description: Charged with restoring harmony and relieving pain, the Malay shaman places his patients in trance and encourages them to express their talents, drives, personality traits - the "Inner Winds" of Malay medical lore - in a kind of performance. These healing ceremonies, formerly viewed by Western anthro . . . [more] Similar Items |
| 29. |  | Title: Targeting autism: what we know, don't know, and can do to help young children with autism and related disorders Author: Cohen, Shirley Published: University of California Press, 1998 Subjects: Sociology | Social Problems | Education | Psychology | Psychiatry | Medicine Similar Items |