American Cool : Constructing a Twentieth-Century Emotional Style /

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Cool. The concept has distinctly American qualities and it permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American culture. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to West Side Story (Keep cool, boy.) and urban slang (Be cool. Chill out.), the idea of cool, in its many manifestat...

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Autor principal: Stearns, Peter N. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : New York University Press, [1994]
Temas:
Emotions > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Emotions.
Middle class > United States > Psychology.
Middle class.
HISTORY / United States / 20th Century.
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. The Victorian Style
  • 3. Evaluating the Victorian Emotional Style: Causes and Consequences
  • 4. From Vigor to Ventilation: A New Approach to Negative Emotions
  • 5. Dampening the Passions: Guilt, Grief, and Love
  • 6. Reprise: The New Principles of Emotional Management
  • 7. "Impersonal, but Friendly": Causes of the New Emotional Style
  • 8. The Impact of the New Standards: Controlling Intensity in Real Life
  • 9. The Need for Outlets: Reshaping American Leisure
  • 10. Pre-Conclusion: Prospects? Progress?
  • 11. Conclusion: A Cautious Culture
  • Notes
  • Index

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