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a cultural history of the recovery movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey

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An edition of The language of the heart (2009)

The language of the heart

a cultural history of the recovery movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey

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University of North Carolina Press
Language
English
Pages
357

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Subjects
Recovery movement, Alcoholics Anonymous, History, Alcoholics anonymous, Social movements

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Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
2013, University of North Carolina Press
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Cover of: Language of the Heart
Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
2010, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: Language of the Heart
Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
2010, University of North Carolina Press
in English
Libraries near you: WorldCat
Cover of: The language of the heart
The language of the heart: a cultural history of the recovery movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey
2009, University of North Carolina Press
in English
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Chapel Hill

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

CONTENTS:

Introduction: the sex addict, the dry drunk, and the ubiquitous recovery movement -- The metaphor of disease -- The antidote of surrender -- Reading the language of the heart -- The "feminization" of AA culture -- The varieties of feminist recovery experience -- Oprah Winfrey and the disease of difference -- Afterword : recovery as a "populist" culture -- Appendix A : Alcoholics Anonymous membership -- Appendix B : reprintings and distribution of Alcoholics Anonymous.

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Dewey Decimal Class
362.292/86
Library of Congress
HV5278 .T79 2009, HV5278.T79 2009

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Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
357

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Open Library
OL23391817M
Internet Archive
languageofheartc0000trav
ISBN 13
9780807833193
LCCN
2009018549
OCLC/WorldCat
317929506
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6404569

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