What Made Freud Laugh : An Attachment Perspective on Laughter
Judith Kay. Nelson
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Hoboken : : Taylor and Francis, , 2012.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (221 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Front Cover; What Made Freud Laugh; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part 1: A Theory of Laughter; 1. Laughter as Attachment Behavior: Foundations of a Theory; 2. Types of Laughter; 3. Theories About Laughter from an Attachment Perspective; 4. Laughter Research and Attachment; Part 2: Laughter in Infancy; 5. The Development of Laughter in Infancy; 6. Affect Attunement and Misattunement and the Formation of Internal Working Models of Attachment; Part 3: Laughter in Childhood and Adolescence; 7. The Development of Laughter in Childhood. - 8. Childhood Laughter in a Clinical ContextPart 4: Laughter in Adulthood; 9. Adult Laughter in Everyday Life; 10. Laughter in the Clinical Hour; Part 5: Transcendent Laughter; 11. Divine Comedy: Transformation and Transcendence in Laughter, Humor, Comedy, and Wit; References; Index. - In her characteristically engaging style, Nelson explores a topic that has fascinated and frustrated scholars for centuries. Initially drawn to the meaning of laughter through her decades of work studying crying from an attachment perspective, Nelson argues that laughter is based in the attachment system, which explains much about its confusing and apparently contradictory qualities. Laughter may represent connection or detachment. It can invite closeness, or be a barrier to it. Some laughter helps us cope with stress, other laughter may serve as a defense and represent resistance to growt
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| ISBN | 9780415998321. - 9780415998338
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