The Language of the Heart
A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
376 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 12 halftones, 3 tables, notes, bibl., index
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4696-0730-6
Published: February 2013 -
eBook ISBN: 978-0-8078-9870-3
Published: January 2010
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Reviews
"Historicizes and explicates the paradigm and movement of recovery and examines its connections to broader historical and cultural currents in the US. . . . Recommended."--Choice
"A brief review cannot do justice to Trysh Travis's analytically muscular, well-researched history of the recovery movement. . . . This gracefully written book should be essential reading for historians seeking to understand the cultural and institutional mechanisms informing the triumph of the therapeutic in twentieth-century America."--Journal of American History
"[The Language of the Heart] is the rare book that more than lives up to its promises. . . . Travis's examination is the best introductory survey published to date."--Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality
"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
"Travis's understanding of the recovery movement has profound implications for several established academic disciplines as well as for the incipient cross-disciplinary field of alcohol and addiction studies."--John W. Crowley, University of Alabama