Mervat Nasser - Böcker

The author looks at the recent emergence of eating disorders in non-Western cultures and links it to the same socio-cultural model of causation as found in the Western world. This leads her to examine the limitations of the concept of culture.

Läs mer »

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are among the few psychiatric syndromes with a plausible socio-cultural model of causation. Issues of culture and slimness are usually considered in terms of the experience of the western world, but there is a growing ...

Läs mer »

Eating disorders: do they mark cultural transition? Eating disorders that were once viewed as exclusive to specific class and ethnic boundaries in western culture are now spreading worldwide. This issue is fully discussed in this groundbreaking vo...

Läs mer »

Eating disorders: do they mark cultural transition? Eating disorders that were once viewed as exclusive to specific class and ethnic boundaries in western culture are now spreading worldwide. This issue is fully discussed in this groundbreaking vo...

Läs mer »

The Female Body in Mind introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment. Its multidisciplinary approach incorporates social, psychological, biological and philosophical perspectives on the female...

Läs mer »

The Female Body in Mind introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment. Its multidisciplinary approach incorporates social, psychological, biological and philosophical perspectives on the female...

Läs mer »

Straddling the two lands of Upper and Lower Egypt, Hermopolis—the City of Hermes—marks the ancient and future capital of Middle Egypt. In this book, Dr. Nasser presents a much-needed introduction to the history and territory of Hermopo...

Läs mer »

The Female Body in Mind introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment. Its multidisciplinary approach incorporates social, psychological, biological and philosophical perspectives on the female body...

Läs mer »

The Female Body in Mind introduces new ways of thinking about issues of women's mental health assessment and treatment. Its multidisciplinary approach incorporates social, psychological, biological and philosophical perspectives on the female body...

Läs mer »

Eating disorders: do they mark cultural transition?Eating disorders that were once viewed as exclusive to specific class and ethnic boundaries in western culture are now spreading worldwide. This issue is fully discussed in this groundbreaking vol...

Läs mer »

Eating disorders: do they mark cultural transition?Eating disorders that were once viewed as exclusive to specific class and ethnic boundaries in western culture are now spreading worldwide. This issue is fully discussed in this groundbreaking vol...

Läs mer »

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are among the few psychiatric syndromes with a plausible socio-cultural model of causation. Issues of culture and slimness are usually considered in terms of the experience of the western world, but there is a growing ...

Läs mer »

Anorexia nervosa and bulimia are among the few psychiatric syndromes with a plausible socio-cultural model of causation. Issues of culture and slimness are usually considered in terms of the experience of the western world, but there is a growing ...

Läs mer »

This book deals with the story of Al -Hakim "e;Imtteb"e; - the first doctors and Abu the architects, whom history books describe as the true founder of ancient Egyptian civilization who knew how to deal with the stone, was the first pyrami...

Läs mer »

This encyclopedia deals with the history of human ideas from the sixth century BC to the twentieth century, through which a person tried to make his world a better place.

Läs mer »

This encyclopedia deals with the history of human ideas from the sixth century BC to the twentieth century, through which a person tried to make his world a better place.

Läs mer »

This book is a love poem in the flower of "e;lotus"e;, that flower that the ancient Egyptian took one of its most important symbols, as it is the symbol of life and its permanent renewal. She also had a great symbolism in Greek mythology a...

Läs mer »