02780nam 2200517 450 991016270640332120221227072615.00-300-22795-710.12987/9780300227956(CKB)3710000001044026(DE-B1597)540308(DE-B1597)9780300227956(MiAaPQ)EBC5268823(OCoLC)971018871(Au-PeEL)EBL5268823(CaONFJC)MIL990505(MiAaPQ)EBC7021875(Au-PeEL)EBL7021875(EXLCZ)99371000000104402620221227d2017 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierShrinking violets the secret life of shyness /Joe MoranNew Haven :Yale University Press,[2017]©20171 online resource (256 p.)0-300-22282-3 Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.Frontmatter -- Contents -- 1. A Tentative History -- 2. This Odd State of Mind -- 3. How Embarrassing -- 4. Tongue-Tied -- 5. Stage Fright -- 6. Shy Art -- 7. The War against Shyness -- 8. The New Ice Age -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- IndexA deeply perceptive and beautifully written cultural history of shyness, from one of our most astute observers of the everyday Shyness is a pervasive human trait: even most extroverts know what it is like to stand tongue-tied at the fringe of an unfamiliar group or flush with embarrassment at being the unwelcome center of attention. And yet the cultural history of shyness has remained largely unwritten-until now. With incisiveness, passion, and humor, Joe Moran offers an eclectic and original exploration of what it means to be a "shrinking violet." Along the way, he provides a collective biography of shyness through portraits of such shy individuals as Charles Darwin, Charles Schulz, Glenn Gould, and Agatha Christie, among many others. In their stories often both heartbreaking and inspiring and through the myriad ways scientists and thinkers have tried to explain and "cure" shyness, Moran finds hope. To be shy, he decides, is not simply a burden; it is also a gift, a different way of seeing the world that can be both enriching and inspiring.BashfulnessBashfulnessSocial aspectsBashfulness.BashfulnessSocial aspects.155.232Moran Joe1970-876250MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910162706403321Shrinking violets2997353UNINA