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This book explores the deep, imaginative, and creative power of
poetry as part of the human experience. How poetry provides insight
into human psychology is a question at the beginning of its
theoretical development, and is a constant challenge for cultural
psychologists and the humanities alike. Poetry functions, in all
ages and cultures, as a rite that merges the beauty, truth and the
unbearable conditions of existence. Both the general and the
particular can be found in its expression. Collectively the authors
aim to evoke a holistic understanding of what poetry conveys about
decision making and the human search for meaning. This
ground-breaking collection will be indispensable to scholars of
clinical and theoretical psychology, philosophy, anthropology,
literature, aesthetics and sociology.
This book explores the diverse landscapes wherein women struggle
for their personal and social identities and lives, between biology
and culture, destiny and choice, shared and individual worlds,
tradition and modernity. Their "peripheral lives" have "central
meaning" (Chaudhary, this volume) in any society - and as such are
approached as a primary subject in this book, as the chapters
traverse ten different countries on three continents: North America
(United States); Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia); Asia
(India); and Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Finland,
Estonia). Throughout these different places, women's lives are an
interesting stage for observing the interaction between biology and
culture (e.g. sex vs. gender; pregnancy and childbirth vs.
transition to motherhood). The focus on the cultural variability of
human experience opens the door for the search of commonalities so
needed in psychological theorizing. Here, this search is directed
by how cultural models of womanhood (and motherhood) constrain
personal experiences, especially through developmental transitions.
This book is, ultimately, an opportunity to approach women's lives
from the perspective of the women themselves, particularly making
audible and explicit their voices and the axis of logic that
structures their world. Undoubtedly, it is a valuable opportunity
for women and men interested in understanding and constructing
human experience inside better worlds.
This book explores the diverse landscapes wherein women struggle
for their personal and social identities and lives, between biology
and culture, destiny and choice, shared and individual worlds,
tradition and modernity. Their "peripheral lives" have "central
meaning" (Chaudhary, this volume) in any society - and as such are
approached as a primary subject in this book, as the chapters
traverse ten different countries on three continents: North America
(United States); Latin America (Brazil, Chile, Colombia); Asia
(India); and Europe (United Kingdom, Ireland, Portugal, Finland,
Estonia). Throughout these different places, women's lives are an
interesting stage for observing the interaction between biology and
culture (e.g. sex vs. gender; pregnancy and childbirth vs.
transition to motherhood). The focus on the cultural variability of
human experience opens the door for the search of commonalities so
needed in psychological theorizing. Here, this search is directed
by how cultural models of womanhood (and motherhood) constrain
personal experiences, especially through developmental transitions.
This book is, ultimately, an opportunity to approach women's lives
from the perspective of the women themselves, particularly making
audible and explicit their voices and the axis of logic that
structures their world. Undoubtedly, it is a valuable opportunity
for women and men interested in understanding and constructing
human experience inside better worlds.
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