Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts: Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995NYU Press, 2003 - 215 páginas 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? |
Contenido
two The Emotional Culture of Shyness from | 21 |
Shyness and Heterosexuality | 46 |
four Assertive Women and Timid Men? | 67 |
five Shyness from Nine to Five | 83 |
seven Conclusion | 119 |
Data and Methods | 133 |
Sampled SelfHelp Books | 153 |
Notes | 171 |
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