Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Gaze, Body Image, Shame, Judgment and Maternal...

Taylor & Francis

Psychoanalytic Perspectives on Gaze, Body Image, Shame, Judgment and Maternal FunctionBeing and Belonging\nAuthor(s): La A. Roth\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367462765, 978-0367462765\nSynopsis\nHave you ever been praised or criticized about your body or any part of it? With this question, participants of a research study were invited to share their experiences of body judgment. As participants described, the body is a carrier of messages and the source of judgmental experiences. \n\nPsychoanalytic Perspectives on Gaze, Body Image, Shame, Judgment and Maternal Function: Being and Belonging offers an insightful and engaging psychoanalytical account of experiences of shame and fear of rejection, explained through clinical vignettes and research participants scripts. Exploring the findings from the individual and social standpoints, as well as the cultural and historical influences, Dr. Roth proposes that judgem.