LEADER 02780nam 2200517 450 001 9910162706403321 005 20221227072615.0 010 $a0-300-22795-7 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300227956 035 $a(CKB)3710000001044026 035 $a(DE-B1597)540308 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300227956 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5268823 035 $a(OCoLC)971018871 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL5268823 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL990505 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC7021875 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL7021875 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000001044026 100 $a20221227d2017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aShrinking violets $ethe secret life of shyness /$fJoe Moran 210 1$aNew Haven :$cYale University Press,$d[2017] 210 4$dİ2017 215 $a1 online resource (256 p.) 311 $a0-300-22282-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $t1. A Tentative History -- $t2. This Odd State of Mind -- $t3. How Embarrassing -- $t4. Tongue-Tied -- $t5. Stage Fright -- $t6. Shy Art -- $t7. The War against Shyness -- $t8. The New Ice Age -- $tNotes -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tIndex 330 $aA 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. 606 $aBashfulness 606 $aBashfulness$xSocial aspects 615 0$aBashfulness. 615 0$aBashfulness$xSocial aspects. 676 $a155.232 700 $aMoran$b Joe$f1970-$0876250 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910162706403321 996 $aShrinking violets$92997353 997 $aUNINA