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Seduction in popular culture, psychology, and philosophy /

"This book explores the concept of seduction and the many ways it can be understood, either as a social and individual practice, a psychological trait, or a schema for manipulation"--

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Group Author: Martins, Constantino, 1974- (Editor); Damásio, Manuel José (Editor)
Published: Information Science Reference,
Publisher Address: Hershey, PA :
Publication Dates: [2017]
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Advances in psychology, mental health and behavioral studies (APMHBS) book series
Subjects:
Seduction > Psychological aspects.
Seduction > Philosophy.
Seduction in art.
Popular culture.
Summary: "This book explores the concept of seduction and the many ways it can be understood, either as a social and individual practice, a psychological trait, or a schema for manipulation"--
Carrier Form: xix, 331 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9781522505259 (hardcover) :
1522505253 (hardcover)
Index Number: HV6584
CLC: B842.6
Call Number: B842.6/S449
Contents: Foundations -- The seduction of science : how paradigms can lead one astray / Ben Trubody -- Seduction, rationality and willpower / Adrien Barton -- On seduction : a romantic conversation / Simber Atay -- Seduction imagined in popular culture -- Everybody's got a hungry heart : Kierkegaard and Hitchcock / Constantino Pereira Martins -- Seduction and mutually assured destruction : the modern femme fatale in "gone girl" / Ana Cabral Martins -- Horror's seduction througt art : death representation / Teresa Viana Lousa -- Postmodern cinema of seduction : subaltern/folk-inspired Hindi film song and dance, and the art of deferral and play / Reena Dube -- Uses of seduction -- Seduction in works of art / Laura González -- Seduction and surprise : discovering invisible emotions for commitments / Dina Mendonça -- Social psychology, the seduction of consumers / John Graham Wilson -- Rhetoric of seduction : from an iconocratic advertising to a tautological culture / Paulo Barroso -- Scepticism and seduction / Cesar Kiraly.

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