Shrinking Violets and Caspar Milquetoasts
Subtitle: Shyness, Power, and Intimacy in the United States, 1950-1995 (The American Social Experience)
Publisher: NYU Press
Published: November 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9780814756775
Subjects: Cultural studies; Gender studies; Postwar period, 1945 to c 2000; Social Science; Interpersonal Relations; Psychology; Sociology; USA; Social aspects; Personality; History; General; Bashfulness; United States
First sentence: The variety of opinions expressed in the quotations above neatly illustrates that attitudes toward shyness vary not only by context-that is, who is shy, and under what circumstances-but also over time.