Shrinking violets and Caspar Milquetoasts : shyness, power, and intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995  /
McDaniel, Patricia(Patricia A.)
New York ; London : New York University Press,
c2003.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-209) and index.
Contents: The emotional culture of shyness from the Middle Ages to the early twentieth century -- "Build him a dais" : shyness and heterosexuality from the roles of the fifties to the rules of the nineties -- Assertive women and timid men? : race, heterosexuality, and shyness -- Shyness from nine to five -- "Intimacy is a difficult art" : the changing role of shyness -- In friendship
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