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A unique, multifaceted look at the meaning (and the specifics) of gay male pornography Open any gay lifestyle magazine (even the serious ones) or go to any gay bar, and you’re likely to encounter something related to pornography, be it an image of a porn superstar or advertisements for pornographic magazines, DVDs, calendars, etc. Eclectic Views on Gay Male Pornography Pornucopia examines this phenomenon with a series of provocative essays, in which experts in history, law, media studies, and psychology, as well as laypeople and gay porn insiders explore the complex world of male pornography and the various ways in which it has permeated gay culturefrom the 1970s until today. This first-of...
These essays provide both an overview of Bruno Bettelheim's contributions to psychoanalysis and education and a reflection on present issues confronting child psychiatry, education, and the social sciences. It will point to new directions for scholarly study and psychoanalytic intervention.
In this seminal new study of resilience, Meg Jay tells the stories of a diverse group of people who have overcome trauma in their childhoods to go on and live successful lives as adults. These are the 'supernormal', who having shouldered greater than average hardship as children defy expectation and achieve better than average success as adults. But how, and at what cost? Whether it was experiencing parental divorce, or growing up with an alcohol or drug-abusing parent, living with a parent or sibling with mental illness, being bullied, living in poverty, being a witness to domestic violence, suffering physical or emotional neglect, the people Meg Jay introduces us to are all survivors. She ...
The papers in this volume examine strategies for language acquisition and language teaching, focusing on applications of the strategic interaction method.
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The role of emotion in the development of adults has only recently come into its own as an area of study. In this volume scholars bring together (for the first time) work which provides us with an analysis of these affective processes and their place in the course of adult life. The contributors develop theoretical frameworks and present research which examines the role of emotion in relation to critical developmental areas: cognition, personality, well-being, interaction and culture.
Contributions (from a wide range of disciplines) are organized into sections the transition to adulthood, new concepts in adult development, clinical perspectives, and applications of adult developmental theory to anthropology biology, dream psychology, literature, political science, and self psych
A critical gerontology requires more than a simple elaboration of existing humanistic scholarship on aging. This exceptional new work introduces a basis for genuine dialogue across humanistic, scientific, and professional disciplines. Among the topics addressed are industrial employment, retirement, life styles of older women, and biological research. From philosophical reflections on the "third age" to critical perspectives on institutional adaptations to an aging society, this book presents a wide range of provocative thought.