[PDF] Bodies Of Truth eBook

Author : Dinty W. Moore
Publisher : University of Nebraska Press
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 16,92 MB
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1496203607

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“Medicine still contains an oral tradition, passed down in stories: the stories patients tell us, the ones we tell them, and the ones we tell ourselves,” writes contributor Madaline Harrison. Bodies of Truth continues this tradition through a variety of narrative approaches by writers representing all facets of health care. And, since all of us have been or will be touched by illness or disability—our own or that of a loved one—at some point in our lives, any reader of this anthology can relate to the challenges, frustrations, and pain—both physical and emotional—that the contributors have experienced. Bodies of Truth offers perspectives on a wide array of issues, from food allergies, cancer, and neurology to mental health, autoimmune disorders, and therapeutic music. These experiences are recounted by patients, nurses, doctors, parents, children, caregivers, and others who attempt to articulate the intangible human and emotional factors that surround life when it intersects with the medical field.

Author : Harriet Brown
Publisher : Da Capo Lifelong Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 26,12 MB
Release : 2015-03-24
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0738217697

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A science journalist's provocative exploration of how biology, psychology, media, and culture come together to shape our ongoing obsession with our bodies, while also tackling the myths and realities of the "obesity epidemic."

Author : Maurice Bloch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 46,69 MB
Release : 2015-11-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1317257723

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What is human sociality? How are universals such as truth and doubt variously demonstrated and negotiated in different cultures? This book offers an accessible introduction to these and other fundamental human questions. Bloch shows that the social consists of two very different things. One is a matter of continual adjustments between individuals who read each others' minds and thus, as in sex and birth, "go in and out of each other's minds and bodies." The other is a time defying system of roles and groups. Interaction at this level is created by ritual and is unique to humans. What is referred to by the word "religion" is a part of this, but it is not separate. The study of "religion" as such is therefore theoretically misleading. A second major theme is the way truth is established in different cultures. Bloch's arguments go against recent approaches in anthropology which have sought to relativize ideas of the social and religion.

Author : Kaz Cooke
Publisher : Paw Prints
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,69 MB
Release : 2008-10-10
Category :
ISBN : 9781439562512

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Emphasizes that every body type is normal and beautiful, and dispels many of the myths about physical beauty

Author : David L. Lindsey
Publisher : Sphere
Page : 531 pages
File Size : 31,9 MB
Release : 1993-03-11
Category : Mystery
ISBN : 9780751501094

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Lena Muller, daughter of a wealthy Houston businessman, went missing in Guatemala. Now, six weeks later, detective Stuart Haydon receives a phone call from Guatemala. Lena is alive - and in trouble. But that country is synonymous with trouble. Years of guerrilla warfare have turned it into a surreal and violent netherworld where no one can be trusted. When Haydn arrives he finds himself embroiled in the menace, the complex mystery and the tension of life in Guatemala. He also finds that Lena Muller is not the young woman either he or her parents thought her to be - and that he is searching for a harsher truth than he dared imagine ...

Author : Alys X. George
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 24,47 MB
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : History
ISBN : 0226819965

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"In the popular imagination, turn-of-the-century Vienna is a cerebral place, marked by Freud, the discovery of the unconscious, and the advent of high modernist culture. But as historian Alys George argues, this stereotype of Viennese Modernism as essentially "heady" overlooks a rich cultural history of the body in the period. Spanning 1870 to 1930, The Naked Truth is an interdisciplinary tour de force that recasts the visual, literary, and performative cultures of the era and offers an alternative genealogy of this fascinating moment in the history of the West. Starting with the Second Vienna Medical School and its innovations in anatomy and pathology, George traces an emerging culture of bodily knowledge by analyzing a variety of written and visual media, including theater and dance, and by drawing connections between scientific and artistic discourses. Paying equal attention to both low and high culture, bringing gender and class issues back to the fore, and highlighting the role of female thinkers and writers, George's book makes a signal contribution to our understanding of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Viennese and European culture. The Naked Truth shows us that the "inward turn" cannot be understood until it is set against the backdrop of a culture obsessed with exploring and displaying humanity in its embodied, carnal form"--

Author : Richard Walker
Publisher : Dorling Kindersley Ltd
Page : 98 pages
File Size : 38,89 MB
Release : 2008-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1405332522

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Explore the human body from the inside-out in this anatomical adventure book.

Author : Andrew Wommack
Publisher : Destiny Image Publishers
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 35,72 MB
Release : 2018-12-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1606830376

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Have you ever asked yourself what changed when you were "born again?" You look in the mirror and see the same reflection - your body hasn't changed. You find yourself acting the same and yielding to those same old temptations - that didn't seem to change either. So you wonder, Has anything really changed? The correct answer to that question is foundational for receiving from God. If you lack this basic understanding, you'll forever ask yourself doubt-filled questions like: "How could God love somebody like me?" and "How can I possibly expect to receive anything from the Lord? I don't deserve it, I'm not good enough!" Spirit, Soul, and Body will help you eliminate those and other doubt-filled questions that destroy your faith. If you have trouble receiving from God, this is a must-read!

Author : Christine Lang
Publisher : Lotus Pub.
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 20,97 MB
Release : 2013-07
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780615884592

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While working as an attorney, Christine Lang voraciously pursued a cure for her persistent allergies. She eliminated her allergies, and along the way discovered an amazing gift - the ability to see energy and have conversations with people's spirits! Christine now works as a medical intuitive, helping people understand how their physical symptoms contain messages from their spirits. With Christine as the translator, her clients engage in profound conversations with their spirits and learn about relationships, self-judgment, healing and forgiveness. But living as a single mom with extraordinary abilities presents its own unique challenges, and Christine meets them head on with warmth and humor. Navigating personal relationships is very interesting when you "see what other people can't see." Join Christine as she shares her journey and those of her clients. The topics covered are valuable to each of us; enjoy the stories and apply the wisdom in your own life.

Author : Wendy Kline
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 34,45 MB
Release : 2010-10-15
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0226443086

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Throughout the 1970s & 1980s, women argued that unless they gained information about their own bodies, there would be no equality. Wendy Kline considers the ways in which ordinary women worked to position the female body at the centre of women's liberation.