| Description |
1 online resource (223 pages) |
| Series |
The American social experience |
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American social experience series.
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| Contents |
Acknowledgments; ONE Introduction; TWO The Emotional Culture of Shyness from the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century; THREE "Build Him a Dais": Shyness and Heterosexuality from the Roles of the Fifties to The Rules of the Nineties; FOUR Assertive Women and Timid Men? Race, Heterosexuality, and Shyness; FIVE Shyness from Nine to Five; SIX "Intimacy Is a Difficult Art": The Changing Role of Shyness in Friendship; SEVEN Conclusion; Appendix A: Data and Methods; Appendix B: Sampled Self-Help Books, Child-Rearing Manuals, and Magazine Articles; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
Since World War II Americans' attitudes towards shyness have changed. The women's movement and the sexual revolution raised questions about communication, self-expression, intimacy, and personality, leading to new concerns about shyness. At the same time, the growth of psychotherapy and the mental health industry brought shyness to the attention of professionals who began to regard it as an illness in need of a cure. But what is shyness? How is it related to gender, race, and class identities? And what does its stigmatization say about our culture?. In Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts |
| Notes |
About the Author |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Bashfulness -- Social aspects -- United States
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Bashfulness -- History
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Bashfulness.
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United States.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780814759936 |
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0814759939 |
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