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Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area

An Exploration in Transcultural Psychology

By: Giovanni Maria Ruggiero

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Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area

An Exploration in Transcultural Psychology

By: Giovanni Maria Ruggiero

In this book an international group of authors explores the extent of and the socio-cultural factors underlying the ascendancy of eating disorders in some countries of the Mediterranean area in our own time. The authors express their local observations and struggles in an effort to map the impact of culture on the development of eating disorders. The topics reviewed echo back to each other and underscore the complexity of defining, measuring and possibly even changing culture. The book takes a 'transcultural' view, which is both 'trans' and 'cultural'. Realms transverse the academic terrain with chapters that pull on history, geography, biology and literature to set the stage for a review of cultural causes, with culture being the political, commercial and treatment settings potential eating disordered individuals find themselves in. The chapters demonstrate how control, the key cognitive construct of eating disorders, is impacted by the internal and external environment of the eating disordered individual. And if control is the bridge, shame is the dark sea that one struggles to avoid. Biological and psychological data from humans and animals is offered in an attempt to understand how efforts to maintain an honourable social ranking impacts food and body shape choices.

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224

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Nova Publishers

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ISBN 10

1590337131

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9781590337134

The Prevident Progeny

Italians in America

By: Giovanni Pinto

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The Prevident Progeny

Italians in America

By: Giovanni Pinto

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1227

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Xlibris Corporation

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1669816176

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9781669816171

Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters

By: Giovanni Andrea Gilio

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Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters

By: Giovanni Andrea Gilio

Giovanni Andrea Gilio’s Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters (1564) is one of the first treatises on art published in the post-Tridentine period. It remains a key primary source for the discussion of the reform of art as it unfolded at the time of the Council of Trent and the Catholic Reformation. Relatively little is known about Gilio himself, a cleric from Fabriano, Italy. He was evidently familiar with Cardinal Alessandro Farnese’s lively court circle in Rome and dedicated his book to the cardinal. His text—available here in English in full for the first time—takes the form of a spirited dialogue among six protagonists, using the voices of each to present different points of view. Through their dialogue Gilio grapples with a host of issues, from the relationship between poetry and painting, to the function of religious images, to the effects such images have on viewers. The primary focus is the proper representation of history, and Michelangelo’s Last Judgment fresco in the Sistine Chapel is the exemplary case. Indeed, Michelangelo’s painting is both praised and condemned as an example of the possibilities and limits of art. Although Gilio’s dialogue is often quoted by art historians to point out the more controlling view of art and artists by the Roman Catholic Church, the unabridged text reveals the nuanced and provisional debates happening during this critical era.

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282

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Getty Publications

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1606065564

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9781606065563

Incisional Hernia

By: Feliciano Crovella,Giovanni Bartone,Landino Fei

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Incisional Hernia

By: Feliciano Crovella,Giovanni Bartone,Landino Fei

Incisional hernia surgery has witnessed important advances over recent years, not only as far as the pathophysiological and etiopathogenetic aspects are concerned, but also from a technical point of view. This book provides an update on incisional hernia surgical techniques. It includes chapters on synthetic prostheses, biomaterials and robotics. Surgeons, surgical residents, and medical students will find the information in this volume very useful in their daily practice.

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269

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Springer Science & Business Media

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8847007224

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9788847007222

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

By: Giovanni Casadio,Patricia A. Johnston

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Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

By: Giovanni Casadio,Patricia A. Johnston

In Vergil's Aeneid, the poet implies that those who have been initiated into mystery cults enjoy a blessed situation both in life and after death. This collection of essays brings new insight to the study of mystic cults in the ancient world, particularly those that flourished in Magna Graecia (essentially the area of present-day Southern Italy and Sicily). Implementing a variety of methodologies, the contributors to Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia examine an array of features associated with such "mystery religions" that were concerned with individual salvation through initiation and hidden knowledge rather than civic cults directed toward Olympian deities usually associated with Greek religion. Contributors present contemporary theories of ancient religion, field reports from recent archaeological work, and other frameworks for exploring mystic cults in general and individual deities specifically, with observations about cultural interactions throughout. Topics include Dionysos and Orpheus, the Goddess Cults, Isis in Italy, and Roman Mithras, explored by an international array of scholars including Giulia Sfameni Gasparro ("Aspects of the Cult of Demeter in Magna Graecia") and Alberto Bernabé ("Imago Inferorum Orphica"). The resulting volume illuminates this often misunderstood range of religious phenomena.

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University of Texas Press

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0292719027

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9780292719026

THE GENIUS OF JANUS

Pescopaganesi in America

By: Giovanni Pinto

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THE GENIUS OF JANUS

Pescopaganesi in America

By: Giovanni Pinto

The book is a representation of the Pescopaganese community in the United States of North America. It represents the research commitment of decades by Prof. Giovanni Pinto who has been a driving force and a leader in this community for half a century. Besides an Introduction, Pinto’s book includes four sections: Part One – Our Italian roots and heritage: The territory, the history, the urban setting; Part Two: The causes of emigration, the passage, the communities, the progress; Part Three: A to Z: Genealogies, Profiles and Remembrances of deserving Families, Individuals and Businesses; and Part Four: Corollary documents. Prof. Pinto’s book is of great relevance to the history of America, of Italian Americans, and in particular of Pescopaganesi. This book would be a valuable gem in libraries of any Institution or Individual.

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510

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Xlibris Corporation

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1984579495

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9781984579492

Capital Account Liberalization

Theoretical and Practical Aspects

By: Mr.Giovanni Dell'Ariccia,Ms.Enrica Detragiache,Mr.Michael Mussa,Mr.Barry J. Eichengreen

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Capital Account Liberalization

Theoretical and Practical Aspects

By: Mr.Giovanni Dell'Ariccia,Ms.Enrica Detragiache,Mr.Michael Mussa,Mr.Barry J. Eichengreen

Capital account liberalization - orderly, properly sequence, and befitting the individual circumstances of countries- is an inevitable step for all countries wishing to realize the benefits of the globalized economy. This paper reviews the theories behind capital account liberalization and examines the dangers associated with free capital flows. The authors conclude that the dangers can be limited through a combination of sound macroeconomic and prudential policies.

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International Monetary Fund

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1557757771

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9781557757777

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Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area

Eating Disorders in the Mediterranean Area

The Prevident Progeny

The Prevident Progeny

Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters

Dialogue on the Errors and Abuses of Painters

Incisional Hernia

Incisional Hernia

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

Mystic Cults in Magna Graecia

THE GENIUS OF JANUS

THE GENIUS OF JANUS

Capital Account Liberalization

Capital Account Liberalization

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