Weijing Lu, "Arranged Companions: Marriage and Intimacy in Qing China"
English | ISBN: 0295749113 | 2021 | 264 pages | PDF | 19 MB
Although commonly associated with patriarchal oppression, arranged marriages have adapted over the centuries to changing cultural norms and the lived experiences of men and women. In Arranged Companions, historian Weijing Lu chronicles how marital behaviors during the early and High Qing (mid-seventeenth through mid-nineteenth centuries) were informed by rich and complex traditions and mediated by the historical conditions of the period, during which marital affection was celebrated as a basic ingredient of an ideal marriage.

Geeta Patel, "Risky Bodies & Techno-Intimacy: Reflections on Sexuality, Media, Science, Finance "
English | ISBN: 0295742488 | 2017 | 385 pages | PDF | 3 MB
Risky Bodies and Techno-Intimacy traverses disparate and uncommon routes to explore how people grapple with the radical uncertainties of their lives. In this edgy, evocative journey through myriad interleaved engagements―including the political economies of cinema; the emergent shapes taken by insurance, debt, and mortgages; gender and sexuality; and domesticity and nationalism―Geeta Patel demonstrates how science and technology ground our everyday intimacies. The result is a deeply poetic and philosophical exploration of the intricacies of techno-intimacy, revealing a complicated and absorbing narrative that challenges assumptions underlying our daily living.

Fear of Intimacy By Robert W. Firestone; Joyce Catlett
1999 | 358 Pages | ISBN: 1557987203 | PDF | 51 MB
Written in a jargon-free style, this book shows how therapists can help identify and overcome the messages of the internal voice that fosters distortions of the self and loved ones. Related issues such as interpersonal ethics and the role of stereotyping are also discussed.

Paul Simpson, "Desexualisation in Later Life: The Limits of Sex and Intimacy "
English | ISBN: 1447355466 | 2021 | 208 pages | PDF | 13 MB

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Love Stories in China: The Politics of Intimacy in the Twenty-First Century (Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia) by Wanning Sun, Ling Yang
2019 | ISBN: 0367224690, 0367784912 | English | 276 pages | PDF | 4.7 MB

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