New Books from Psychology Press and Routledge

April- June 2012

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  1. Communication and Social Cognition

    Theories and Methods

    Edited by David R. Roskos-Ewoldsen, Jennifer L. Monahan

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Communication and Social Cognition represents the explosion of work in the field of social cognition over the past 25 years. Expanding the contribution made by Social Cognition and Communication, published in 1982, this scholarly collection updates the study of communication from a social cognitive...

    Published April 30th 2013 by Routledge

  2. Emotions and Human Mobility

    Ethnographies of Movement

    Edited by Maruška Svašek

    This book provides insights into the emotional dimensions of human mobility. Drawing on findings and theoretical discussions in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, philosophy, linguistics, migration studies, human geography and political science, the authors offer interdisciplinary...

    Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge

  3. European Review of Social Psychology: Volume 22

    Edited by Wolfgang Stroebe, Miles Hewstone

    Series: Special Issues of the European Review of Social Psychology

    The European Review of Social Psychology (ERSP) is an e-first journal published under the auspices of the European Association of Social Psychology. ERSP is an international journal which aims to further the international exchange of ideas by providing an outlet for substantial accounts of...

    Published June 13th 2012 by Psychology Press

  4. Psychologisation in Times of Globalisation

    By Jan De Vos

    Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology

    Today more than ever, our understanding of ourselves, others and the world around us is described in psychological terms. Psychologists deeply influence our society, and psychological-discourse has invaded companies, advertising, culture, politics, and even our social and family life. Moreover,...

    Published May 13th 2012 by Routledge

  5. Reflecting on Cosmetic Surgery

    Body image, Shame and Narcissism

    By Jane Northrop

    Cosmetic surgery represents an extreme form of modern grooming. It is the fastest growing medical specialty, yet misconceptions abound about those who undertake it and their reasons for doing so. With a grounded approach, engaging 30 women through in-depth interview, this study explores how they...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge

  6. Sex/Gender

    Biology in a Social World

    By Anne Fausto-Sterling

    Series: The Routledge Series Integrating Science and Culture

    Sex/Gender presents a relatively new way to think about how biological difference can be produced over time in response to different environmental and social experiences. This book gives a clearly written explanation of the biological and cultural underpinnings of gender. Anne Fausto-Sterling...

    Published April 15th 2012 by Routledge

  7. Social Identity in Question

    Construction, Subjectivity and Critique

    By Parisa Dashtipour

    Series: Concepts for Critical Psychology

    Social identity theory is one of the most influential approaches to identity, group processes, intergroup relations and social change. This book draws on Lacanian psychoanalysis and Lacanian social theorists to investigate and rework the predominant concepts in the social identity framework....

    Published June 20th 2012 by Routledge

  8. Strategic Conflict

    By Daniel J. Canary, Sandra Lakey

    Series: Routledge Communication Series

    Strategic Conflict offers a research-based, accessible analysis of how people can manage conflict productively. Moving beyond the basics of conflict, it examines interpersonal situations in which conflict occurs and promotes strategic communicative responses based on the latest theoretical research...

    Published July 2nd 2012 by Routledge

  9. The Handbook of Intergroup Communication

    Edited by Howard Giles

    Series: ICA Handbook Series

    The Handbook of Intergroup Communication brings together research, theory and application on traditional as well as innovative intergroup situations, exploring the communication aspect of these groups. The volume is organized into four domains – cross-disciplinary approaches to intergroup study;...

    Published May 3rd 2012 by Routledge

  10. Why We Take Drugs

    Seeking Excess and Communion in the Modern World

    By Tom Yardley

    In older cultures, the use of intoxicant drugs was integrated into the rhythms of social existence and bounded by rituals and taboos that ensured their dangerous forces were contained and channelled. In modern western societies, by contrast, the state and the institutions of society have washed...

    Published March 28th 2012 by Routledge