The language of the heart : a cultural history of the recovery movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey /
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| Author / Creator: | Travis, Trysh. |
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| Imprint: | Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009. |
| Description: | xvi, 357 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7899488 |
Table of Contents:
- Gratitude
- Abbreviations
- Introduction: The Sex Addict, the Dry Drunk, and the Ubiquitous Recovery Movement
- Part 1. Addiction and Recovery
- 1. The Metaphor of Disease
- 2. The Antidote of Surrender
- Part 2. Alcoholics anonymous and print culture
- 3. Reading the Language of the Heart
- 4. The "Feminization" of aa Culture
- Part 3. politics and spirit
- 5. The Varieties of Feminist Recovery Experience
- 6. Oprah Winfrey and the Disease of Difference
- Afterword: Recovery as a "Populist" Culture
- Appendix A. Alcoholics Anonymous Membership
- Appendix B. Reprintings and Distribution of Alcoholics Anonymous
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
