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Introduction: ‘An Exquisite Suffering’
Although representations of mothers pervade cultural forms, motherhood has long been depicted in reductive or limited terms. This has resulted in a...
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Minding our Minds: Obsessive-Compulsiveness, Psychiatry, and Psychology
Obsessive–compulsive features are commonly found in high-achieving people including psychiatrists, psychologists, and scientists. These traits have a...
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Women’s Intimacies After Empire: Respiratory Histories for the Future
This chapter shifts to the transhistorical space of Anglo-Chinese relations in England. The focus is on residual and repeated traumas provoked by...
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The Voice of the ‘Sex Robot’: From Peep-Show Bucket to Willing Victim—The Terrorism of Women’s Speech
This chapter will explore the voiceVoice of the ‘sex robotSex robot’ and argue that, while presented under the guise of narratives of love,...
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History of the Human Sciences in France: From Science de l’homme to Sciences Humaines et sociales
Focused on the phrases used to name these sciences, this chapter gives an historical sketch of the development of modern human and social sciences in...
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History of the Human Sciences in France: From Science de l’homme to Sciences Humaines et sociales
Focused on the phrases used to name these sciences, this chapter gives an historical sketch of the development of modern human and social sciences in...
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The Unhappiness Industry
This chapter examines the histories and theories of ‘madness’, including psychological, historical, and sociological approaches. The importance and...
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Conclusion: Breathing as Life
The conclusion moves away from the intimate territory of memoir in order to reflect on the project of remaking Chinese women’s colonial histories...
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Neurasthenia and autonomic imbalance as minor diagnoses: comparison, concept and implications
A new term, autonomic imbalance (自律神經失調 or AI), which refers to a wide variety of physical and mental symptoms that are medically unexplained, has...
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Adolescent Sex and Psyche in Brazil: Surveillance, Critique and Global Mental Health
Drawing on a historical ethnography conducted in Southern Brazil, this article explores how public health programs for adolescent reproductive and...
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Researching the Archives of Critical Theory
This introduction to the collective volume on the archives of Critical Theory, published to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Institute for...
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Ein Moses und sein Josua
The founding history of psychoanalysis is decisively shaped by the working alliance between Sigmund Freud and C.G. Jung, which took a stormy course...
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A Cultural Studies Analysis of Everyday Life
In this chapter, the four basic methodologies of cultural studies are introduced: semiotics theory, Marxist theory, psychoanalytic theory, and...
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Red and Green: Toward a New Framework of Civilized Coexistence
Traditionally, the color red has been associated with social movements that defend the creation of jobs and community relations associated with...
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Methodology
The chapter offers insight into the methods used to undertake the scientific inquiry into the “Casua H. M.”. Based on a multi-perspective...
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Playing Moneyball: Sociological Perspectives on the Emergence of Statistical Thinking in the NBA
The game of basketball has undergone tremendous changes since 1891, the year basketball was first played. This chapter takes a closer look at the...
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Using personal experience in the academic medical humanities: a genealogy
The inclusion of personal experience in academic work, especially in the medical humanities, has increased markedly in the recent past. This article...
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Narrative and the Human Sciences
The relevance of narrative to the history of the human sciences (HHS) is undeniable. It is equally significant, however, that scholars can mean a...