Bodies of reform [[electronic resource] ] : the rhetoric of character in Gilded Age America / / James B. Salazar |
Autore | Salazar James B |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina | 823/.809353 |
Collana | America and the long 19th century |
Soggetto topico |
American fiction - 19th century - History and criticism
Character in literature Characters and characteristics in literature National characteristics, American, in literature Character - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century Rhetoric - Political aspects - United States - History - 19th century Political culture - United States - History - 19th century Politics and literature - United States - History - 19th century |
Soggetto non controllato |
Bodies
States United category century character charting concept culture cultures development early-twentieth fictional from genres literature mid-nineteenth movements nineteenth-century pivotal political reconceives reform social this |
ISBN |
0-8147-8653-7
0-8147-4132-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Philanthropic Taste -- 2. Character Is Capital -- 3. Muscle Memory -- 4. “A Story Written on Her Face” -- 5. Character’s Conduct -- Notes -- Index -- About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791425403321 |
Salazar James B
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New York, : New York University Press, c2010 | ||
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The myth of empowerment : women and the therapeutic culture in America / / Dana Becker |
Autore | Becker Dana |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : New York University Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.10820973 |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Mental health - United States - History
Women - Mental health - United States - Social aspects Women - United States - Psychology Power (Social sciences) Women and psychoanalysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
Empowerment
Myth been century cultureboth growing have influenced mid-nineteenth popular present professionalfrom rapidly represented surveys therapeutic ways which women |
ISBN | 0-8147-3840-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 In the Self's Country: Individualism in America; 3 Romancing the Self: From Mind Cure to Psychotherapy; 4 American Nervousness and the Social Uses of Science; 5 Long Day's Journey: From Sentimental Power to Professional Expertise; Interlude: Feminism and Ongoing Dialectic of Equality versus Difference; 6 Psychological Woman and Paradox of Relational Individualism; 7 The Myth of Empowerment; 8 American Nervousness Redux: Women and the Discourse of Stress; Afterword; Notes; Index
About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798488403321 |
Becker Dana
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New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : New York University Press, , 2005 | ||
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The myth of empowerment : women and the therapeutic culture in America / / Dana Becker |
Autore | Becker Dana |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : New York University Press, , 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (209 p.) |
Disciplina | 362.10820973 |
Soggetto topico |
Women - Mental health - United States - History
Women - Mental health - United States - Social aspects Women - United States - Psychology Power (Social sciences) Women and psychoanalysis |
Soggetto non controllato |
Empowerment
Myth been century cultureboth growing have influenced mid-nineteenth popular present professionalfrom rapidly represented surveys therapeutic ways which women |
ISBN | 0-8147-3840-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue; 1 Introduction; 2 In the Self's Country: Individualism in America; 3 Romancing the Self: From Mind Cure to Psychotherapy; 4 American Nervousness and the Social Uses of Science; 5 Long Day's Journey: From Sentimental Power to Professional Expertise; Interlude: Feminism and Ongoing Dialectic of Equality versus Difference; 6 Psychological Woman and Paradox of Relational Individualism; 7 The Myth of Empowerment; 8 American Nervousness Redux: Women and the Discourse of Stress; Afterword; Notes; Index
About the Author |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816422003321 |
Becker Dana
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New York, New York ; ; London, England : , : New York University Press, , 2005 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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