What made Freud laugh an attachment perspective on laughter
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 s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Routledge
2012.
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798254806719 |
| Summary: | 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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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136243790 9781283587075 9786613899521 9780203103265 9781136243806 |
