02726nam 2200469Ia 450 991045639070332120210805200423.00-8078-9870-89781469604503(CKB)2520000000007797(EBL)475211(OCoLC)642661018(MiAaPQ)EBC475211(Au-PeEL)EBL475211(CaPaEBR)ebr10351492(EXLCZ)99252000000000779720090528d2009 ub 0engurcn|||||||||The language of the heart[electronic resource] a cultural history of the recovery movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey /Trysh TravisChapel Hill University of North Carolina Press20091 online resource (376 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8078-3319-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Gratitude; Abbreviations; INTRODUCTION: The Sex Addict, the Dry Drunk, and the Ubiquitous Recovery Movement; PART ONE: ADDICTION AND RECOVERY; 1: The Metaphor of Disease; 2: The Antidote of Surrender; PART TWO: ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS AND PRINT CULTURE; 3: Reading the Language of the Heart; 4: The ''Feminization'' of AA Culture; PART THREE: 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 MembershipAppendix B: Reprintings and Distribution of Alcoholics Anonymous Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; YIn 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 print culture have played in that development.Travis draRecovery movementHistoryElectronic books.Recovery movementHistory.362.292362.292/86362.29286Travis Trysh924045MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456390703321The language of the heart2073747UNINA