In this Book
- The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
- Book
- 2013
- Published by: The University of North Carolina Press
summary
In The Language of the Heart, Trysh Travis explores the rich cultural history of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its offshoots and the larger "recovery movement" that has grown out of them. Moving from AA's beginnings in the mid-1930s as a men's fellowship that met in church basements to the thoroughly commercialized addiction treatment centers of today, Travis chronicles the development of recovery and examines its relationship to the broad American tradition of self-help, highlighting the roles that gender, mysticism, and bibliotherapy have played in that development.
Table of Contents
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- Abbreviations
- pp. xvii-19
- PART ONE: ADDICITION AND RECOVERY
- 1: The Metaphor of Disease
- pp. 21-60
- 2: The Antidote of Surrender
- pp. 61-104
- PART TWO: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND PRINT CULTURE
- 3: Reading the Language of the Heart
- pp. 107-142
- 4: The ‘‘Feminization’’ of AA Culture
- pp. 143-184
- PART THREE: POLITICS AND SPIRIT
- Appendix A: Alcoholics Anonymous Membership
- pp. 273-274
- Bibliography
- pp. 319-346
Additional Information
ISBN
9781469604503
Related ISBN(s)
9780807833193, 9780807898703, 9781469607306, 9798890882226
MARC Record
OCLC
966912309
Pages
376
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No