Childhood's secrets : intimacy, privacy, and the self reconsidered / Max van Manen, Bas Levering.

Author/creator Van Manen, Max
Other author Levering, B. (Bas), 1947-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : Teachers College Press, ©1996.
Descriptionxi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Secrecy--Psychological aspects.
Privacy.
Children's secrets.
Inner child.
Identity (Psychology) in children.

Contents The question of secrecy -- Modes of secrecy -- How do we experience secrecy? -- Secrecy in fiction -- Where do secrecy and privacy come from? -- Differences between secrecy and privacy -- The physiognomy of secrecy -- Secrecy and the origin of identity -- The development of inwardness -- Secrecy and postmodern culture -- Lying and secrecy -- The childhood of secrecy -- Guilt, shame, and embarrassment -- The pedagogy of secrecy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 183-187) and index.
LCCN 95050131
ISBN0807735051 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807735053 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN080773506X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780807735060 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF637.P74 V36 1996 ✔ Available Place Hold