Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts shyness, power, and intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 / Patricia A. McDaniel.

Author/creator McDaniel, Patricia
Format Book
Publication InfoNew York : New York University Press, ©2003.
Descriptionviii, 215 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Subjects

SeriesThe American social experience series ;
American social experience series. ^A220749
Contents The emotional culture of shyness from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century -- "Build him a dais" : shyness and heterosexuality from the roles of the fifties to the rules of the nineties -- Assertive women and timid men? : race, heterosexuality, and shyness -- Shyness from nine to five -- "Intimacy is a difficult art" : the changing role of shyness -- In friendship.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.
LCCN 2003011890
ISBN0814756778 (alk. paper)
ISBN0814756786 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks BF575.B3 M34 2003 ✔ Available Place Hold