Newspaper confessions : a history of advice columns in a pre-internet age / Julie Golia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Golia, Julie, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Advice columns--United States.

Advice columns.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages) : illustrations (black and white).

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Oxford University Press, [2021]

Summary:

'Newspaper Confessions' chronicles the history of the newspaper advice column, a genre that has shaped Americans' relationships with media, their experiences with popular therapy, and their virtual interactions across generations.

Contents:

cover

Newspaper Confessions

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. Making Advice Modern: The Birth of the Newspaper Advice Column

2. America's Confessional: Advice Columns and Their Readers

3. Queen of Heartaches: The Advice Columnist as Icon and Journalist

4. Advising the Race: Princess Mysteria and the Black Feminist Advice Tradition

5. The Modern "Experience": Loneliness, Anonymity, and the Virtual Community

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-752780-9

0-19-752781-7

0-19-752779-5

OCLC:

1230250964