Tag: Intimacy

Intimacy and Alienation Forms of Estrangement in FemaleMale Relationships


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English | ISBN: 1138973181 | 2016 | 228 pages | EPUB | 269 KB
First published in 2000. Intimacy and Alienation is an examination of contemporary male/female relationships. The authors present a conceptual framework for the types and degrees of estrangement that are present in intimate relationships.

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Intimacy and Ageing New Relationships in Later Life


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English | ISBN: 1447326504 | 2019 | 224 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
To begin new relationships in later life is increasingly common in large parts of the Western world. This timely book addresses the gap in knowledge about late life repartnering and provides a comprehensive map of the changing landscape of late life intimacy. Part of the Ageing in a Global Context series, the book examines the changing structural conditions of intimacy and ageing in late modernity. How do longer lives, changing norms and new technologies affect older people’s relationship careers, their attitudes to repartnering and in the formation of new relationships? Which forms do these new unions take? What does a new intimate relationship offer older men and women and what are the consequences for social integration? What is the role and meaning of sex? By introducing a gains-perspective the book challenges stereotypes of old age as a period of loss and decline. It also challenges the image of older people as conservative, and instead presents them as an avant-garde that often experiment with new ways of being together.

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Together, Somehow Music, Affect, and Intimacy on the Dancefloor


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English | ISBN: 1478020083 | 2023 | 320 pages | PDF | 9 MB
In Together, Somehow, Luis Manuel Garcia-Mispireta examines how people find ways to get along and share a dancefloor, a vibe, and a sound. Drawing on time spent in the minimal techno and house music subscenes in Chicago, Paris, and Berlin as the first decade of the new millennium came to a close, Garcia-Mispireta explains this bonding in terms of what he calls stranger-intimacy: the kind of warmth, sharing, and vulnerability between people that happens surprisingly often at popular electronic dance music parties. He shows how affect lubricates the connections between music and the dancers. Intense shared senses of sound and touch help support a feeling of belonging to a larger social world. However, as Garcia-Mispireta points out, this sense of belonging can be vague, fluid, and may hide exclusions and injustices. By showing how sharing a dancefloor involves feeling, touch, sound, sexuality, and subculture, Garcia-Mispireta rethinks intimacy and belonging through dancing crowds and the utopian vision of throbbing dancefloors.

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Intimacy and injury In the wake of #MeToo in India and South Africa


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English | ISBN: 1526157624 | 2022 | 376 pages | PDF | 7 MB
Both India and South Africa have shared the infamy of being labelled the world’s ‘rape capitals’, with high levels of everyday gender-based and sexual violence. At the same time, both boast long histories of resisting such violence and its location in wider cultures of patriarchy, settler colonialism and class and caste privilege.

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The Seven Levels of Intimacy The Art of Loving and the Joy of Being Loved


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2007 | 288 Pages | ISBN: 0743265122 | EPUB | 1 MB
Build the strong, deeply powerful relationships you’ve always desired in this inspirational guide to intimacy from Matthew Kelly, bestselling author ofThe Rhythm ofLife.We all crave the heartwarming, incomparable connection of intimacy. But oftentimes, this complete, unrestrained sharing of ourselves is too daunting a task. Now, inThe Seven Levels of Intimacy, Matthew Kelly explains step-by-step how to move beyond our fears and experience the power of true intimacy. By achieving each of Kelly’s seven levels, we can understand and gain confidence in our partners and ourselves until we are fully able to experience love, commitment, trust, and happiness.With profound insight and the use of powerful and relatable examples,The Seven Levels of Intimacyredefines the most important relationships in our lives and how we view our interactions with one another. By finally comprehending and experiencing the great depths of intimacy, we can create the strong connections, deep joy, and lasting bonds that we all long for in our lives.

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Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society Love in an International Context


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English | ISBN: 1138572330 | 2019 | 140 pages | EPUB | 695 KB
Love and Intimacy in Contemporary Society reflects on relationships in contemporary society and the role of love and intimacy in framing lives. The book draws on sociological perspectives, cultural sociology and gender theory perspectives.

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Intimacy with God (Repack) Revised and Updated A Bible Study in the Psalms (Experiencing God)


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2000 | 96 Pages | ISBN: 1576831876 | PDF | 92 MB
This topical Bible study for women by popular Bible study teacher and Navigator Cynthia Heald shows how the Lord personally meets with you in the Psalms. As you progress in your spiritual formation, you’ll become more honest and vulnerable before God as you track the Psalmists’ struggles and triumphs on their way to intimacy with God. Make fresh, personal observations with the help of quotes from classic Christian authors and thinkers, and you’ll spend more time reflecting and less time looking for "right answers." Includes discussion questions.

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Risking Intimacy and Creative Transformation in Psychoanalysis


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English | 2023 | ISBN: 1032434740 | 193 Pages | PDF (True) | 6 MB
In this compelling book, Lauren Levine explores the transformative power of stories and storytelling in psychoanalysis to heal psychic wounds and create shared symbolic meaning and coherence out of ungrieved loss and trauma.

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