Cringeworthy
Subtitle: a theory of awkwardness
By: Melissa Dahl
Publisher: Portfolio/Penguin
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 286
ISBN-13: 9780735211636
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Embarrassment; Interpersonal relations; Self-consciousness (Sensitivity)
Description: Examines the ways that embracing socially awkward situations, even when they lead to embarrassment and self-consciousness, also provide the opportunity to test oneself and to recognize how people are connected to each other.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-276) and index.
Table of contents: title: The tribal terror of self-awareness; title: Making faces at emotionally intelligent machines; title: Your growing edge; title: The awkwardness vortex; title: Dance like no one's watching, because no one is! Except when they are; title: Your flaws are my pain; title: Cringe attacks; title: Awkward silences at the office; title: Laughing at imaginary tumblers of spilled whiskey; title: The awkward age, part 2.