American cool : constructing a twentieth-century emotional style / Peter N. Stearns.
Material type: TextSeries: History of emotion seriesPublication details: New York : New York University Press, ©1994.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 368 pages)Content type:- text
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- online resource
- 0585354413
- 9780585354415
- 9780814779798
- 0814779794
- 9780814779965
- 0814779964
- 9780814771037
- 0814771033
- United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Psychological aspects
- Middle class -- United States -- Psychology
- Emotions -- Social aspects -- History -- 20th century
- États-Unis -- Mœurs et coutumes -- 20e siècle -- Aspect psychologique
- Classes moyennes -- États-Unis -- Psychologie
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Social Classes
- Emotions -- Social aspects
- Manners and customs -- Psychological aspects
- Middle class -- Psychology
- United States
- Middenklassen
- Emoties
- Sociale aspecten
- Psychologische aspecten
- Verenigde Staten
- 1900-1999
- 305.5/5/0973 20
- E169 .S786 1994eb
- CV 7500
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-359) and index.
Print version record.
Annotation Cool. The concept has distinctly American qualities and it permeates almost every aspect of contemporary American culture. From Kool cigarettes and the Peanuts cartoon's Joe Cool to West Side Story (Keep cool, boy.) and urban slang (Be cool. Chill out.), the idea of cool, in its many manifestations, has seized a central place in our vocabulary. Where did this preoccupation with cool come from? How was Victorian culture, seemingly so ensconced, replaced with the current emotional status quo? From whence came American Cool? These are the questions Peter Stearns seeks to answer in this timely and engaging volume. American Cool focuses extensively on the transition decades, from the erosion of Victorianism in the 1920s to the solidification of a cool culture in the 1960s. Beyond describing the characteristics of the new directions and how they altered or amended earlier standards, the book seeks to explain why the change occured. It then assesses some of the outcomes and longer-range consequences of this transformation.
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Victorian Style -- 3. Evaluating the Victorian Emotional Style: Causes and Consequences -- 4. From Vigor to Ventilation: A New Approach to Negative Emotions -- 5. Dampening the Passions: Guilt, Grief, and Love -- 6. Reprise: The New Principles of Emotional Management -- 7. "Impersonal, but Friendly": Causes of the New Emotional Style -- 8. The Impact of the New Standards: Controlling Intensity in Real Life -- 9. The Need for Outlets: Reshaping American Leisure -- 10. Pre-Conclusion: Prospects? Progress? -- 11. Conclusion: A Cautious Culture -- Notes -- Index
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