The Language of the Heart

A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Sociology, Reference & Language, Language Arts
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Author: Trysh Travis ISBN: 9780807898703
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press Publication: January 1, 2010
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press Language: English
Author: Trysh Travis
ISBN: 9780807898703
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Publication: January 1, 2010
Imprint: The University of North Carolina Press
Language: English

In 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 bibliotherapy have played in that development.

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In 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 bibliotherapy have played in that development.

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