Shrinking violets
Subtitle: the secret life of shyness
By: Joe Moran
Publisher: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780300222821
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Shyness; HISTORY / Social History; Social aspects; Bashfulness; PSYCHOLOGY / Emotions; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural Heritage
Other titles: Secret life of shyness
Description: A deeply perceptive and beautifully written cultural history of shyness, from one of our most astute observers of the everyday.
Notes: "First published in the English language in a different form by Profile Books."--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-254) and index.
Table of contents: title: A tentative history; title: This odd state of mind; title: How embarrassing; title: Tongue-tied; title: Stage fright; title: Shy art; title: The war against shyness; title: The new ice age.