The Language of the Heart: A Cultural History of the Recovery Movement from Alcoholics Anonymous to Oprah Winfrey (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781469607306)

In The Language of the Heart, Trysh Travis explores the rich cultural history of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and its offshoots and the larger "recovery movement" that has grown out of them. Moving from AA's beginnings in the mid-1930s as a men's fellowship that met in church basements to the thoroughly commercialized addiction treatment centers of today, Travis chronicles the development of recovery and examines its relationship to the broad American tradition of self-help, highlighting the roles that gender, mysticism, and bibliotherapy have played in that development.

Author: Trysh Travis
ISBN-10: 1469607301
ISBN-13: 9781469607306
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Language: English
Published: 02/01/2013
Pages: 376
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 1.00d