The body never lies : the lingering effects of cruel parenting / Alice Miller ; translated from the German by Andrew Jenkins.
"Using numerous case histories gleaned from her practice, as well as examining the biographical stories of celebrated writers such as Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, Friedrich Nietzsche, and others, Miller shows how a child's emotional traumas, repressed humiliation, and bottled rage can ma...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English German |
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New York :
W.W. Norton,
[2005]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: | "Using numerous case histories gleaned from her practice, as well as examining the biographical stories of celebrated writers such as Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, Friedrich Nietzsche, and others, Miller shows how a child's emotional traumas, repressed humiliation, and bottled rage can manifest themselves as serious adult health problems. In discussing the lives of these literary giants, Miller explores the known or, in some cases, unknown traumas that haunted each author's childhood. More important, Miller connects the writers' painful childhoods with their later afflictions, which included depression, anorexia, cancer, and even insanity. While examining everything from parental spanking to sexual abuse and emotional blackmail, Miller exposes the societal pressures that converge to harm children."--BOOK JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | 214 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214). |
| ISBN: | 0393060659 9780393060652 |