Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts : : Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 /

Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts : : Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 / / Patricia McDaniel.

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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 h...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013
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McDaniel, Patricia,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2003]
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Year of Publication:2003
Language:English
Series:The American Social Experience ; 16
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter one. Introduction
  • Chapter two. The Emotional Culture of Shyness from the Middle Ages to the Early Twentieth Century
  • Chapter three “Build Him a Dais” Shyness and Heterosexuality from the Roles of the Fifties to The Rules of the Nineties
  • Chapter four. Assertive Women and Timid Men? Race, Heterosexuality, and Shyness
  • Chapter five. Shyness from Nine to Five
  • Chapter six “Intimacy Is a Difficult Art” The Changing Role of Shyness in Friendship
  • Chapter seven. Conclusion
  • Appendix A Data and Methods
  • Appendix B Sampled Self-Help Books, Child-Rearing Manuals, and Magazine Articles
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • About the Author

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