Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
The Birth Of Pleasure: A New Map of Love
Carol Gilligan
€ 17.95
FREE Delivery in Ireland
Description for The Birth Of Pleasure: A New Map of Love
Paperback. Love, like falling rain, can revive an arid life. But how can we find the love that brings true pleasure? How can we avoid the tragic love, with its lessons of sacrifice and loss, so deeply embedded in our culture? This book sets out to create a fresh map of love. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: JMM; VFV; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
Love, like falling rain, can revive an arid life. But how can we find the love that brings true pleasure? How can we avoid the tragic love, with its lessons of sacrifice and loss, so deeply embedded in our culture? 'Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is an experience of delight, of joy'In this inspiring book, Carol Gilligan sets out to create a radical new map of love. Although old patriarchal structures have been challenged the underlying patterns remain: the channeling of boys into 'masculinity'; the anxiety of girls in adolescence, the silences between men ... Read more
Love, like falling rain, can revive an arid life. But how can we find the love that brings true pleasure? How can we avoid the tragic love, with its lessons of sacrifice and loss, so deeply embedded in our culture? 'Pleasure is a sensation. It is written into our bodies; it is an experience of delight, of joy'In this inspiring book, Carol Gilligan sets out to create a radical new map of love. Although old patriarchal structures have been challenged the underlying patterns remain: the channeling of boys into 'masculinity'; the anxiety of girls in adolescence, the silences between men ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Condition
Used, Very Good
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099459613
SKU
KKD0001371
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
About Carol Gilligan
Carol Gilligan is the Graham Professor of Gender Studies at Harvard University and is a practicing psychotherapist. She has also taught in Britain at the University of Cambridge. Her book, In a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development is a feminist classic, translated into 16 languages and Meeting at the Crossroads written with Lyn Mikel Brown, reported young girls ... Read more
Reviews for The Birth Of Pleasure: A New Map of Love
[A] hopeful vision of happiness and love.
Catherine Stimpson
New York Observer
Catherine Stimpson
New York Observer