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

Travis, Trysh

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1469607301 ISBN 13: 9781469607306

Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press, 2013

Synopsis

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.

About this title

Book Description:

"Tracing the rise and diffusion of the Alcoholics Anonymous 12-step program from subculture to pop culture, Travis provides an excellent history of the recovery movement. Destined to be a landmark in the field."--Joan D. Hedrick, Trinity College

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1469607301
• ISBN 13: 9781469607306
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 376