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A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome

the histories of Tourette syndrome

By: Howard I. Kushner

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A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome

the histories of Tourette syndrome

By: Howard I. Kushner

A Cursing Brain? traces the problematic classification of Tourette syndrome through three distinct but overlapping stories: the claims of medical knowledge, patients' experiences, and cultural expectations and assumptions.

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Harvard University Press

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0674039866

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9780674039865

On the Other Hand

Left Hand, Right Brain, Mental Disorder, and History

By: Howard I. Kushner

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On the Other Hand

Left Hand, Right Brain, Mental Disorder, and History

By: Howard I. Kushner

Does being left-handed make a person different in any way that matters? Since the late Stone Age, approximately 10 percent of humans have been left-handed, yet for most of human history left-handedness has been stigmatized. In On the Other Hand, Howard I. Kushner traces the impact of left-handedness on human cognition, behavior, culture, and health. A left-hander himself, Kushner has long been interested in the meanings associated with left-handedness, and ultimately with whether hand preference can even be defined in a significant way. As he explores the medical and cultural history of left-handedness, Kushner describes the associated taboos, rituals, and stigma from around the globe. The words “left” and “left hand” have negative connotations in all languages, and left-handers have even historically been viewed as disabled. In this comprehensive history of left-handedness, Kushner asks why left-handedness exists. He examines the relationship—if any—between handedness, linguistics, and learning disabilities, reveals how toleration of left-handedness serves as a barometer of wider cultural toleration and permissiveness, and wonders why the reported number of left-handers is significantly lower in Asia and Africa than in the West. Written in a lively style that mixes personal biography with scholarly research, On the Other Hand tells a comprehensive story about the science, traditions, and prejudices surrounding left-handedness.

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JHU Press

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1421423340

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9781421423340

American Suicide

A Psychocultural Exploration

By: Howard I. Kushner

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American Suicide

A Psychocultural Exploration

By: Howard I. Kushner

For the nineteenth-century physician, the moral issues that suicide raised could not be isolated from its constitutional components. Thus, those who exhibited suicidal tendencies were subjected to an amalgamation of pharmacological, social, and psychological interventions, which practioners labeled the "moral treatment." By the 1890s, however, the consensus about the causes of suicide became unglued as a bacteriological medicine and the rise of the social sciences jointly served to call into question eclectic diagnoses. The goal of American Suicide is to demonstrate how the apparent contradictions among sociological, psychoanalytic, and neurobiological explanations of the etiology of suicide may be resolved. Only througha reintegration of culture, psychology, and biology can we begin to construct a satisfactory answer to the questions first raised by Durkheim, Freud, and Kraepelin.

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Rutgers University Press

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0813516102

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9780813516103

On the Other Hand

Left Hand, Right Brain, Mental Disorder, and History

By: Howard I. Kushner

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On the Other Hand

Left Hand, Right Brain, Mental Disorder, and History

By: Howard I. Kushner

Genes and kangaroos -- Criminals or victims? Cesare Lombroso vs. Robert Hertz -- By the numbers : measuring handedness -- Ambiguous attitudes -- Changing hands, tying tongues -- From genes to populations : the search for a cause -- The geschwind hypothesis -- Genetic models and selective advantage -- Uniquely human? -- A gay hand? -- Disability, ability, and the left hand -- Conclusion : does left-handedness matter?

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1421423332

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9781421423333

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A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome

A Cursing Brain? The Histories of Tourette Syndrome

On the Other Hand

On the Other Hand

American Suicide

American Suicide

On the Other Hand

On the Other Hand

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