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Shrinking violets : the secret life of shyness / Joe Moran.
Author
Moran, Joe, 1970-
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English
Published/Created
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017.
©2016
©2017
Description
272 pages ; 22 cm
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BF575.B3 M67 2017
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Bashfulness
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Summary note
A deeply perceptive and beautifully written cultural history of shyness, from one of our most astute observers of the everyday.
Notes
"First published in the English language in a different form by Profile Books."--Title page verso.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
Contents
A tentative history
This odd state of mind
How embarrassing
Tongue-tied
Stage fright
Shy art
The war against shyness
The new ice age.
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Secret life of shyness
ISBN
9780300222821 ((hardcover))
0300222823 ((hardcover))
LCCN
2016948565
OCLC
953985620
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