Shrinking violets : the secret life of shyness / Joe Moran.
By: Moran, Joe [author.]
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TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, 2017Copyright date: ©2017General Notes: "First published in the English language in a different form by Profile Books."--Title page verso.Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.Description: 272 pages ; 22 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300222821; 0300222823.Other title: Secret life of shyness.Subject(s): Bashfulness | Bashfulness -- Social aspectsDDC classification: 155.232 | Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 155.232 M7931 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003860939 |
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"First published in the English language in a different form by Profile Books."--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
A tentative history -- This odd state of mind -- How embarrassing -- Tongue-tied -- Stage fright -- Shy art -- The war against shyness -- The new ice age.
A deeply perceptive and beautifully written cultural history of shyness, from one of our most astute observers of the everyday.
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