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The language of the heart : a cultural history of the recovery movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey / Trysh Travis.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Travis, Trysh.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Alcoholics Anonymous--History.
- Alcoholics Anonymous.
- Recovery movement--History.
- Recovery movement.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 357 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2009]
- Contents:
- Part 1 Addiction and Recovery
- 1 The Metaphor of Disease 21
- 2 The Antidote of Surrender 61
- Part 2 Alcoholics anonymous and print culture
- 3 Reading the Language of the Heart 107
- 4 The "Feminization" of aa Culture 143
- Part 3 politics and spirit
- 5 The Varieties of Feminist Recovery Experience 187
- 6 Oprah Winfrey and the Disease of Difference 223.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807833193
- 0807833193
- OCLC:
- 317929506
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