| Disappearing Persons: Shame and Appearance Contributor(s): Kilborne, Benjamin (Author) |
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ISBN: 079145200X ISBN-13: 9780791452004 Publisher: State University of New York Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2001 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Psychology | Movements - Psychoanalysis - Psychology | Emotions - Psychology | Psychopathology - General |
| Dewey: 152.4 |
| LCCN: 2001020754 |
| Series: Suny Psychoanalysis and Culture |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.9" W x 8.96" (0.63 lbs) 204 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In Disappearing Persons, psychoanalyst Benjamin Kilborne looks at how we control appearance as an attempt to manage or take charge of our feelings. Arguing that the psychology of appearance has not been adequately explored, Kilborne deftly weaves together examples from literature and his own clinical practice to establish shame and appearance as central fears in both literature and life, and describes how shame about appearance can generate not only the wish to disappear but also the fear of disappearing. A hybrid of applied literature and psychoanalysis, Disappearing Persons helps us to understand the roots of the psychocultural crisis confronting our increasingly appearance-oriented, shame-driven society. |