American Cool : : Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style /

American Cool : : Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style / / Peter N. Stearns.

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Cool. The concept has distinctly American qualities and it permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American culture. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to West Side Story (Keep cool, boy.) and urban slang (Be cool. Chill out.), the idea of cool, in its many manifestat...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000
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Stearns, Peter N.,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1994]
©1994
Year of Publication:1994
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Victorian Style
  • 3. Evaluating the Victorian Emotional Style: Causes and Consequences
  • 4. From Vigor to Ventilation: A New Approach to Negative Emotions
  • 5. Dampening the Passions: Guilt, Grief, and Love
  • 6. Reprise: The New Principles of Emotional Management
  • 7. "Impersonal, but Friendly": Causes of the New Emotional Style
  • 8. The Impact of the New Standards: Controlling Intensity in Real Life
  • 9. The Need for Outlets: Reshaping American Leisure
  • 10. Pre-Conclusion: Prospects? Progress?
  • 11. Conclusion: A Cautious Culture
  • Notes
  • Index

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