| Description |
1 online resource (376 pages) |
| Contents |
Contents; Gratitude; Abbreviations; Introduction: The Sex Addict, the Dry Drunk, and the Ubiquitous Recovery Movement; PART ONE: ADDICITION AND RECOVERY; 1: The Metaphor of Disease; 2: The Antidote of Surrender; PART TWO: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND PRINT CULTURE; 3: Reading the Language of the Heart; 4: The ''Feminization'' of AA Culture; PART THREE: POLITICS AND SPIRIT; 5: The Varieties of Feminist Recovery Experience; 6: Oprah Winfrey and the Disease of Difference; AFTERWORD: Recovery as a ''Populist'' Culture; Appendix A: Alcoholics Anonymous Membership |
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Appendix B: Reprintings and Distribution of Alcoholics AnonymousNotes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
| Summary |
Travis explores the rich cultural history of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its offshoots and the larger "recovery movement" that has grown out of them. She chronicles the development of recovery and examines its relationship to the broad American tradition of self-help, highlighting the roles that gender, mysticism, and print culture have played in that development |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Alcoholics Anonymous -- History
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| SUBJECT |
Alcoholics Anonymous fast |
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Recovery movement -- History
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SELF-HELP -- Substance Abuse & Addictions -- Alcoholism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
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Recovery movement
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780807898703 |
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0807898708 |
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9781469604503 |
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1469604507 |
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