What made Freud laugh : an attachment perspective on laughter / [Judith Kay Nelson].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nelson, Judith Kay, 1941- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Laughter.

Attachment behavior.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In her characteristically engaging style, Nelson explores a topic that has fascinated and frustrated scholars for centuries. Initially drawn to the meaning of laughter through her decades of work studying crying from an attachment perspective, Nelson argues that laughter is based in the attachment system, which explains much about its confusing and apparently contradictory qualities. Laughter may represent connection or detachment. It can invite closeness, or be a barrier to it. Some laughter helps us cope with stress, other laughter may serve as a defense and represent resistance to growt

Contents:

pt. 1. A theory of laughter

pt. 2. Laughter in infancy

pt. 3. Laughter in childhood and adolescence

pt. 4. Laughter in adulthood

pt. 5. Transcendent laughter.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-24379-8

1-283-58707-6

9786613899521

0-203-10326-2

1-136-24380-1

9780203103265

OCLC:

810082648