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The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey

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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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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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Trysh Travis is associate professor of women's studies at the University of Florida. She helped to found and now edits Points: the Blog of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society.
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ISBN:
9781469607306
Subtitle:
A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
Author:
Travis, Trysh
Publisher:
The University of North Carolina Press
Subject:
Sociology - General
Subject:
language of the heart
Subject:
trysh travis
Subject:
Recovery movement
Subject:
Oprah's book club
Subject:
Alcoholics anonymous
Subject:
Alcoholism
Subject:
metaphysical healing
Subject:
addiction recovery treatments
Subject:
american self-help
Subject:
spiritual solutions to self recovery
Copyright:
2013
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20130201
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
376
Dimensions:
9.25 x 6.125 in
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Health and Self-Help » Recovery and Addiction » Drug and Alcohol Addiction
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History and Social Science » US History » 20th Century » General

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"Synopsis" by , 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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